BANAL INTERVIEWS WITH CELEBRITY GHOSTS – HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
August 11, 2013
Loon: I am told by the Lords of the 4th Dimension that today’s guest for the 3 question interview, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, was a famous poet. Mr. Longfellow, how hard is it to think up rhymes?
Longfellow’s ghost: Rhymes are not of prime importance.
Loon: I see. What is then?
Longfellow’s ghost: Rhythm is the guiding lantern.
Loon: Oh. Let’s see. Um, did you use one of those feather pens to write with?
Longfellow’s ghost: Feather pens were not unheard of. Sharpened quills I used myself. Sometimes, though, the ink was blotchy. So I had to mop it up.
Loon: Er, thanks for the interview. Good-bye.
Longfellow’s ghost: Fare you well, sir. Now I leave you, flit away into the void.
(Ghost flits into void. Loon withdraws from room.)
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