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author | Case Duckworth | 2015-02-09 12:04:05 -0700 |
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committer | Case Duckworth | 2015-02-09 12:04:05 -0700 |
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2 | title: Joke | ||
3 | genre: prose | ||
4 | |||
5 | project: | ||
6 | title: "Buildings out of air: Paul in the Woods" | ||
7 | css: paul | ||
8 | order: 33 | ||
9 | next: | ||
10 | - title: Stump | ||
11 | link: stump | ||
12 | - title: Leaf | ||
13 | link: leaf | ||
14 | previous: | ||
15 | - title: Punch | ||
16 | link: punch | ||
17 | - title: Hymnal | ||
18 | link: hymnal | ||
19 | ... | ||
20 | |||
21 | He wrote _**JOKES**_ on the top of a page in his notebook. He had run out of | ||
22 | notecards and hadn't been able to convince his mother to go to the Office | ||
23 | Supply Store for him. He left a space underneath it and wrote. | ||
24 | |||
25 | _"Tell us a joke" the listeners say to the clown. They have gather together | ||
26 | in the clearing because they have heard he would be there, and they have heard | ||
27 | he knew very funny jokes that were also true. "Tell us a joke that is true" | ||
28 | they say._ | ||
29 | |||
30 | _The clown does not move from the stump. He doesn't move at all. The | ||
31 | listeners watch, gap-mouthed, as a butterfly lands on his hat. A breeze | ||
32 | ruffles his coat and the butterfly flies away. Hours pass. The listeners | ||
33 | grow impatient. Some begin yelling insults at the clown. Eventually, they | ||
34 | begin to walk away into the woods._ | ||
35 | |||
36 | _The moon rises on the clearing. The only people left are the clown and a | ||
37 | listener, the last listener. She has been waiting for the joke a long time. | ||
38 | The clown opens his mouth and she leans in closer to hear. He closes it as a | ||
39 | tear falls onto his coat, then another. He opens his mouth again in a sob. | ||
40 | The listener walks over to him and puts a hand on his shoulder._ | ||
41 | |||
42 | _"I'm sorry" says the clown. "Sorry for what" she asks. "I don't know. I | ||
43 | don't know any jokes." He disappears. The last listener sits on the log and | ||
44 | looks at the sky. There are no stars._ | ||