[WDES] Not yet!
These are exercises from a writing group called Write Drunk, Edit Sober. Just exercising brain muscles. Please don’t take these too seriously. Not my most polished work. This week’s prompt: “A story that ends abruptly at the Climax…”
I keep thinking about Pee-Wee Baseball. How boring it was in the outfield, waiting for something to happen while the pitcher got all the glory. There are spots in that grass that will never grow back; I spent too much time pulling up blades for anything to come out of that Earth. Nature knows not to try there. Often I’d look forward to a rain shower; stopper of all boring baseball activities, doorway into an afternoon of playing videogames. Thank you, Native American Rain God.
Rain like cold showers, snapping you awake. The worst and best thing for you on a groggy morning. In those minutes, as the water hits your skin like a thousand tiny knives, there’s nothing else you can think about. The one time I didn’t mind cold water was when Tiffany- I mean, Deb- and I got caught outside without an umbrella when I was trying to be “spontaneous” for her. When she leaned in at that random traffic crossing…Tiffany. No. Not what I need.
Um, what else? That dead carcass I saw in my backyard when I was a kid. I don’t know why a fox would die that far away from the treeline. Maybe he knew it was coming and wanted to be near the warmth of our house. Tiffany. Maybe he was just moving across Illinois and our mowed yard was an inconsequential part of his path. I couldn’t stop staring at it. Just hundreds of maggots crawling around inside of what looked like a fox fast asleep. After dad poured gasoline on it to kill them, I swore my coffin would be sealed and made of iron. That won’t happen to me, no sir. Fuck you, maggots.
Ok, this isn’t helping anymore. Maybe think about Mandy. That was sex. Tiffany. No. It wasn’t. It was me lying down and a girl I’m not attracted to just grinding all over me. Nothing about that was hot. Tiffany. She seemed to enjoy it. Good for her.
God damn it. Think faster. Father Levi’s boring lectures. All In The Family the TV series. Tiffany. No wait. No. Tiffany. Jesus. Stop. Wait, slow down, Tiffany. Stop. Tiffany. Let me readjust. Tiffany.
Sorry.
If you give me a few, I can probably try again.
Shit.
Chad Quandt
Wonderful piece
I love how natural the thought process is.
I also laughed out loud and freaked out my dog when I finally realized what was going on.
as a female, It’s interesting and somewhat oddly refreshing to see it from the male point of view.
+10 exp for cleverness
March 7, 2011 at 10:19 pm
The gods tempt people for which they are most weak. Artificial Intelligence will create desire in people’s minds for the following sins:::
1. Alcohol
2. Drugs
3. Preditory “earning”
4. Homosexuality
5. Gambling
6. Something for nothing/irresponsibility (xtianity)
7. Polygamy/superiority over women/misogyny (Islam)
Much like the other prophets Mohhamed (polygamy/superiority over women/misogyny) and Jesus (forgiveness/savior), the gods use me for temptation as well. In today’s modern society they feel people are most weak for popular culture/sensationalism, and the clues date back to WorldWarII and Unit731:TSUSHOGO.
It has been discussed that, similar to the Matrix concept, the gods will offer a REAL “Second Coming of Christ”, while the “fake” Second Coming will come at the end and follow New Testiment scripture and their xtian positioning. I may be that real Second Coming.
What I teach is the god’s true way. It is what is expected of people, and only those who follow this truth will be eligible to ascend into heaven as children in a future life. They offered this event because the masses have just enough time to work on and fix their relationship with the gods and ascend, to move and grow past Planet Earth, before the obligatory xtian “consolation prize” of “1000 years with Jesus on Earth” begins.
Your job as a future mother is to learn the god’s ways and to help your child understand despite the negative reinforcement and conditioning of today’s society. Without consciousous parents the child will have no hope, and may even exaserbate their disfavor by becoming corrupted in today’s environment.
Your ultimate goal is to fix your relationship wiith the gods and move on. You don’t want to be comfortable here, and the changes in Western society in the last 100 years has achieved just that.
1000 years with Jesus is the consolation prize. Don’t be deceived into thinking that is the goal.
The Prince of Darkness, battling the gods over the souls of the Damned.
It is the gods who have created this environment and led people into Damnation with temptation. The god’s positioning proves they work to prevent people’s understanding.
How often is xtian dogma wrong? Expect it is about the Lucifer issue as well.
The fallen god, fighting for justice for the disfavored, banished to Earth as the fallen angel?
I believe much as the Noah’s Flood event, the end of the world will be initiated by revelry among the people. Revelry will be positioned to be sanctioned by the gods and led for “1000 years with Jesus on Earth”.
In light of modern developments this can entail many pleasures:::Medicine “cures” aging, the “manufacture” of incredible beauty via cloning as sex slaves, free (synthetic) cocaine, etc.
Somewhere during the 1000 years the party will start to “die off”, literally. Only those who maintain chaste, pure lifestyles will survive the 1000 years. They will be the candidates used to (re)colonize (the next) Planet Earth, condemned to relive the misery experienced by the peasantry during Planet Earth’s history.
If this concept of Lucifer is true another role of this individual may be to initiate disfavor and temptation among this new population, the proverbial “apple” of this Garden of Eden. A crucial element in the history of any planet, he begins the process of deterioration and decay that leads civilizations to where Planet Earth remains today.
Only children go to heaven. By the time you hit puberty it is too late. This is charecteristic of the gods:::Once you realize what you have lost it is too late.
Now you are faced with a lifetime to work to prepare for your next chance. Too many will waste this time, getting stoned, “Hiking!”, working, etc.
June 14, 2011 at 2:15 pm