Sunday, December 14, 2003

Virtual Light at the end of the Rainbow

1. Leaves on trees, chemical composition of air stable, relatives congenial.

2. Serena Williams loses Grand Slam final, 'dozen' no longer 12, fliers on every second windshield, chain-letter arrives in the post.

3. Chip your tooth, giggling at a funeral, William Shakespeare a chimney sweep, misplaced jewellry, no video found in the correct box.

4. Hardened chewing gum peels itself from the pavement, milk sours, wrinkles splay, friends begin systematic course of white lies.

5. Fog inside shops, no birds for miles, all music plays half-speed, deja-vu all over again, broken bones and headaches.

6. Water's surface tension doubled, blogger works, fake IDs are real, people speak in haikus, sudden love of David Gray flowers.

7. Corposant frames all metal cylinders, 24 hours of steady sunlight, vowels & punctuation disappear from books, last series of Friends.

8. All metals are gas, parents die, siblings die, limbs torn asunder, young girls grow old, tarmac buckles and shears, world nears its end.

Makes you think hey.