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Chapter One The Man's first name was Spencer. He had two sacks. Oftentimes he would occasion the bar, sacks in hand, telling of his travels in Jacksonville. But mind you, no one listened to old man Spencer's tales...because he spoke in Lebanese. Everyone is Finnish. They lived in Boston. Chapter Two The man was named Steven. He had enough marbles to fill two whole sacks. Oftentimes he would occasion the bar, marbles in hand, telling of his travels in Louisville. But mind you, no one listened to old man Steven, because they had no ears. They lived in Boston. Chapter Three A woodsman carrying wood to the bar in Boston. He opens the door. He walks inside. Chapter Four The man's name was Bruno and he had two logs of wood. Oftentimes he would occasion the bar naked. He shakes his logs at the bar-men furiously. They are naked. They laugh at Bruno. Hey, what's he doing with them sticks anyway? He lived in Boston in a lean-to. Chapter Five It was kinda hot in the bar that day. It was Tuesday. It was in Boston. Naked. Spencer looked at a man in the corner and laughed because he had a bunch of marbles. "I'm laughing at that guy because he has a bunch of marbles" he said. Chapter Six Steven saw a man with two sacks laughing at him. He gave that man the finger. "I am giving that man the finger because he is laughing at me and he has two ugly sacks." He said. Far off in the night, a child of darkness was born. The clock strikes twelve and the world cries. It strikes twelve oh one and the hush has settled. Chapter Seven Bruno shakes his logs furiously at the two weird naked guys in the bar. "I am shaking my logs furiously at those two men because one of them is laughing at the other, and one is giving the finger to the first guy." He said. Chapter Eight The Barmen, in their nakedness, didn't understand; they had no ears. "We do not understand because we got no ears." They said. Chapter Nine (Five Years Later...) One Bar-man says to the other: "Hey, what were those guys doin' in here five years ago?" The other guy didn't understand. He had no ears. "I don't understand because I have no ears." He said. Chapter Ten Spencer won the lotto and moved to Tennessee, where everything is perfect always. Steven died of amoebic dysentery later that summer. Bruno still roams the woods of Boston, shaking his logs furiously at woodland animals. The barmen are still naked with no ears. THE END |