notes on becoming descript...

...from the tall-tale telling labyrinth of despair

An famous address from the Dome of Deceivance follows shirtly:

 

The `famous` author steps up to the mic:

 

(one two... hic... squeal...)
(unfortunately, there is some minor icho..? can you?)

 

The `famous` author unfolds a table napkin.

"Hello."

(..this on? No THIS one..?)

 

"Hello, largely nondescripts!..ipts
I greet you as the rising sun
once again
is upon your breast..ast
Stir yourselves!..ves
like the new day
and bring forth
the goodly
mighty words
that shall beseech all others like no words..rds
`av ever av like non before
wot did`... hic
Strive! I call upon you to strive..ive
find that `meaning` and bring forth
the words
from your being
for today is
a new day to become yet again..ain
another day lost
Rise up! I implore you and pluck out vowels and other stuff that means something
to non-otherbody else (likewise)
and shine..ine
shine I say shine from your hearts..arts
accomplish and flourish as the new day
loses its meaning (once again)
...ahem... awash in a self-pity like none before..ore
Go forth!
therefore..ore
...and fill your hearts with wonder
write shite... write shite...
I think you... think you very much"

 

[there is some applause but not enough to justify the attendance fee]

Author's Note

I think you

Reviews

[Collect-Eye]

OMG..I love this. Truly we are yin and yang..you just described my philosophy on life and open mics allegorically, semantically and dynamically.

that's been my goal [and it appears yours] in my writing--one theme--to push people's limits..it started out w/ me pushing my own and expanded.

remind me to thank emily again for recommending me to you.

but I'm more into videography than writing..it was a catalyst, which I will continue to do. I'll send you a link to a video of me doing spoken word w/ a band. It's way better..it needs no audience to be exhilerating.

I just love how you call them nondescripts..it's a bold and open challenge holding the apathetic accountable to only themselves.

Butter.

[Tracie Skarbo]

Big smiles for this one... I have never been brave enough to do an open mike night but I have thought about what going to one would be like. This paints a pretty picture...and an amusing one.

[Ed Hart]

i never got paid for this...

[R J Askew]

arf, arf...I like it. it's verbally dynamic, dramtic and, above all witty.

[Penny Ellen]

I honestly don't know whether to laugh or feel bad at the end of this. The last line is just so fitting, and everything else fits neatly above it.
And I hate echoing microphones.

[Emily B]

I call upon you to strive, find that meaning and bring forth. . . clever, clever words.

[mick weller]

...think you