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14 | link: onformalpoetry | 14 | link: onformalpoetry |
15 | ... | 15 | ... |
16 | 16 | ||
17 | You never can tell just when Charlie Sheen will enter your life. For me, | 17 | You never can tell just when Charlie Sheen will enter your life. |
18 | it was last Thursday. I was reading some translation of a Japanese | 18 | For me, it was last Thursday. |
19 | translation of "The Raven" in which the Poe and the raven become | 19 | I was reading some translation of a Japanese translation of "The Raven" in which the Poe and the raven become friends. |
20 | friends. At one point the raven gets very sick and Poe feeds him at his | 20 | At one point the raven gets very sick and Poe feeds him at his bedside and nurses him back to health. |
21 | bedside and nurses him back to health. The story was very heartwarming | 21 | The story was very heartwarming and sad at the same time and my tears were welling up when suddenly I heard a knock on my door. |
22 | and sad at the same time and my tears were welling up when suddenly I | ||
23 | heard a knock on my door. | ||
24 | 22 | ||
25 | I shuffled over, sniffling but managing to keep my cheeks dry to open | 23 | I shuffled over, sniffling but managing to keep my cheeks dry to open it. |
26 | it. Of course Charlie was beaming on the other side, with a bag of | 24 | Of course Charlie was beaming on the other side, with a bag of flowers and a grin like a [dog][]'s. |
27 | flowers and a grin like a [dog][]'s. He bounded in the room without saying | 25 | He bounded in the room without saying hello and threw the flowers in the sink, opened the refrigerator and started poking around. |
28 | hello and threw the flowers in the sink, opened the refrigerator and | 26 | I said "It's nice to see you too" and went to my room to get a camera, as well as a notebook for him to sign. |
29 | started poking around. I said "It's nice to see you too" and went to my | ||
30 | room to get a camera, as well as a notebook for him to sign. | ||
31 | 27 | ||
32 | When I came back he was on the floor, hunched and groaning. I looked on | 28 | When I came back he was on the floor, hunched and groaning. |
33 | the table to see a month-old half-gallon of milk---now cottage | 29 | I looked on the table to see a month-old half-gallon of milk---now cottage cheese---half-empty and dripping. |
34 | cheese---half-empty and dripping. The remnants were on his mouth, and at | 30 | The remnants were on his mouth, and at once I saw my chance to become Poe in this [translation of a translation][] of a translation. |
35 | once I saw my chance to become Poe in this [translation of a translation][] | 31 | I knelt next to Charlie, cradled his head in my lap. |
36 | of a translation. I knelt next to Charlie, cradled his head in my lap. | 32 | He looked up at me with a stare full of terror. |
37 | He looked up at me with a stare full of terror. I returned it levelly, | 33 | I returned it levelly, making cooing noises at him until he calmed down. |
38 | making cooing noises at him until he calmed down. | ||
39 | 34 | ||
40 | When he was calm he excused himself to be sick on my toilet. He wouldn't | 35 | When he was calm he excused himself to be sick on my toilet. |
41 | let me follow but said he would sign whatever I liked when he got back. | 36 | He wouldn't let me follow but said he would sign whatever I liked when he got back. |
42 | After half an hour passed and all I'd had for company was the ticking of | 37 | After half an hour passed and all I'd had for company was the ticking of the [clock][], I went to the bathroom door. |
43 | the [clock][], I went to the bathroom door. I knocked carefully---once, then | 38 | I knocked carefully---once, then twice---to no beaming face, no flowers. |
44 | twice---to no beaming face, no flowers. I opened the door. There was shit | 39 | I opened the door. |
45 | on the floor and the window was open. There was a breeze blowing. | 40 | There was shit on the floor and the window was open. |
41 | There was a breeze blowing. | ||
46 | 42 | ||
47 | [dog]: purpose-dogs.html | 43 | [dog]: purpose-dogs.html |
48 | [translation of a translation]: todaniel.html | 44 | [translation of a translation]: todaniel.html |