The hall was decked with Buddy Holly memorabilia. The stage was bare except for a tremendous amount of clutter – rafts, pencil sharpeners, beehives, etc. The water in the orchestra pit was two feet deep. The musicians waded in and took their places. The theater was plunged into darkness. The audience erupted in wild glee […]
“Sow wheat in the fields where my sow used to roam,” decreed the King after he wound the bandage around his arm wound. “Yes, sire,” said the lackey. “Bow when you address me, and hand me that bow,” snarled the King. “Yes, sire,” said the lackey, bowing. “Sire?” said the jester, bowing his viola da […]
The coxcomb was fit to be tied. After the fitting, he was free for the rest of the afternoon. He wandered the streets, gazing into various shop windows and dreaming of unprecedented fame. Urchins assaulted him verbally many times, physically twice. Finally, he repaired to his favorite fish shop for a bite to eat. “What’ll […]
The flames of gold inserted themselves into sconces lining the walls of the throne room. The fatted calf entered, walked to the heavy oak table, and banged a broken scabbard thrice against his own snout. “I call this meeting to order,” proclaimed the fatted calf, his fetid breath damaging the environment. “Pepperoni,” said the flame […]
The loon was in this mountain meadow. Bundled up warmly, he plowed through the snowscape. Safely zipped in a pocket of his parka, his list of New Year’s Resolutions for the year 2009 rested. Nine of the ten vows had been crossed off, accomplished, taken care of. They had been the easy ones, the ones […]
The hat and the microphone stand quietly played cards in the revolver’s dressing room. They weren’t due on stage until Act 2, Scene 2. Therefore, with the revolver’s full knowledge and permission, they continued their nightly routine of playing gin rummy during Act 1. “Gin,” whispered the hat, and he neatly displayed his winning hand. […]
The renegade helicopter was on a mission, San Juan Bautista, to be specific. A sea of local authorities and law enforcement officials from as far away as France and as nearby as Hong Kong surrounded the site. Police officers took turns eating donuts and attempting to talk the helicopter into releasing the hostages. The hostages […]
fleet indian red rummaging dustlike on the plain buffalo hat You get the idea. Me? They call me Fillip Flan — poet and private eye. So she said, “I want to raise your shamrock.” She opened her blouse. My shamrock rose. Salute. I kiss your clerical ruby wine lips. I said, “The night whines on […]
“Oh, woe is me. Woe, woe, woe,” moaned the blueberry. “Sadness. Ah, sweet melancholy. Would that I were other than I am. Woe, oh, woe.” “Would that I were elsewhere! Shees! You’re stuck, pal. It’s a basic nya nya nya situation. So nya nya na nya nya! What was she thinking? Raspberries and blueberries in […]
Roars of laughter came rolling in waves from the conference room where 75 members of the Wicked Stepmothers Club were gathered. Jane Sturp-Henshaw, PFLAAB (president-for-life-and-anything-beyond) of the WSC, was well into her annual speech welcoming the delegates to the convention. Her topic was ‘What Bliss to be Free if Just for a Weekend the Curse […]
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