"There's not much doubt in any of our minds that no complete idea springs fully formed from our brow,
needing only a handshake and a signature on the contract to send it off into the world to make twenty-five billion dollars.
The germ of the idea grows slowly..." - Walt Kelly

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Pendulous

 
I leave you lovely folks with this 50-word story as I'm about to go cover a Tea Party rally at my county courthouse. Can I tell you how much I'm looking forward to this? Not at all, that's how much.
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He dangled over the side, mind noisy with memories he’d spent years laboring to kill. He imagined himself as bait, bowing precipitously over an aluminum boat hull, waiting for something to cascade upward and eat him. He let the planet take hold, and it pulled him in close.
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Playing on my iTunes at this very moment:
Pink Floyd, Money
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  1. sam ciceroApril 10, 2010 at 5:39 PM

    I don't understand the planet taking hold bit but otherwise it's cool. I like the aluminum boat imagery haha

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