Tuesday, April 30, 2019

By The Ear

Chapter Three: By The Ear

People are milling around in the large lobby. Vittorio Genova is doing his own brand of milling. Mostly with apologies. A gentleman in a brown two breasted suit is at the desk searching his pockets for his wallet. The desk man is watching him with total indifference. A few kids are running around the lobby making a nuisance of themselves. Their parents, so caught up in the moment, seem quite unaware of their children.

A young boy in shorts runs into a darkened room. It is a bar. The sign outside the room advertises the appearance of Terri Brennan, straight from Broadway. A moment later a waiter with his hand securely grasping the young boy's collar drags him out of the bar. His mother who has been looking around for the boy sees him being escorted from the bar. She wacks the young boy on the back of the head. Then reaches into her purse for a tip. The waiter accepts it indifferently.
A second room is closed to the public. The sign in front reads, “Reserved For The Kelly Wedding”
Cassie and Quinn pass the sign and make their way to the front desk.
An elderly gentleman, Michael Subloski, is standing in front of a painting. A young boy is standing beside the old man.
Young boy: “Whatcha see?”
Michael Subloski glances down at the boy. “Its a painting. Rather peculiar.”
Young boy: “There all over the hotel. My mom says its an exhibition. But not the exhibition with rides and candy floss and house of mirrors. The boring kind. With art.”
Michael Subloski: “You don't like art. I thought all children liked art.”
Young boy: “I like baseball.”
The young boy takes off into the lobby, passed the bar. From the bar can be heard Clarinet Marmalade by Frank Trumbauer and his orchestra.
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Somewhere: Life Has Its Drawbacks

 

 

May 2017 Week One Part 3




the man without a cup


Monday, April 29, 2019

May 2017 Week One Part 2




Somewhere: Life Has Its Drawbacks

There were new rooms. In old hotels. There were men with wallets and guns. And girls with dreams and a hole in their forehead. What is over the rainbow. Somewhere men repent. And women tear off their masks. Words that are spoken. Are heard and meant. Truth is nothing more than not having an alibi. And while the police are looking up your priors the future passes by. Sleep in the Rainbow Hotel. Carry your bride over the threshold. Give her children and then remove the gun from the dresser drawer. She's complaining that she's cold. Pretty soon she'll be reminding you that you're getting old. The mirrors are all suicidal. Fall into the darkness. At the Rainbow Hotel the closets are all taken.

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Somewhere: Life Has Its Drawbacks

 

 

Life in Ford Nation... tedium


Thursday, April 25, 2019

ASSASSINS: A Fictional Tale Regarding The Murder Of Abraham Lincoln

In the darkness of the booth Henry Rathbone strikes up a match and lights a cigar. Lincoln looks over. Rathbone offers him a cigar. Lincoln shakes his head. Lincoln removes a blanket from his lap. Behind him a door opens. A figure slips out of the light into the dark. A moment later the newcomer raises a derringer and shoots Lincoln in the back of the head. Lincoln slumps forward.
The assassin screams, "Sic Semper Tyrannis"
Mrs. Lincoln screams. Clara Harris falls to the ground looking for shelter. Henry Rathbone tries to tackle the killer. The assassin pulls a knife and stabs Rathbone who falls to the floor. The assassin jumps up on the railing of the booth and leaps onto the stage where he breaks his leg. The actors stand around perplexed still shocked by the proceedings. Women in the theatre start screaming. Some men rush for the exit doors. Some men pull out guns and start aimlessly shooting. The assassin limps off the stage and out a side exit of the theatre. A carriage awaits him. He climbs in and the carriage takes off.

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ASSASSINS: A Fictional Tale Regarding The Murder Of Abraham Lincoln  

 

 

April 2017 Week Three