Jabberwocky
Frumious Bandersnatch
not normal - bukowski
when I was in grammar school
our teacher told us a story about a sailor,
who told the captain
"the flag? I hope that I never see the flag again"
"very well," he was told "you will get your wish"
and they put him in the hold of the sailing ship,
and they kept him there,
sending him down his food,
and he died down there
without ever seeing the flag again
it was a real horror story for the other children,
very effective...
but it wasn't very effective for me,
I sat there thinking
"well it's too bad about not seeing the flag again, but the best part is not having to see the other people"
I didn't raise my hand to say anything about that, though
that would mean I wouldn't want to see any of them, either,
which was true
I looked straight forward at the blackboard,
which looked far better than any of them.
when I was in grammar school
our teacher told us a story about a sailor,
who told the captain
"the flag? I hope that I never see the flag again"
"very well," he was told "you will get your wish"
and they put him in the hold of the sailing ship,
and they kept him there,
sending him down his food,
and he died down there
without ever seeing the flag again
it was a real horror story for the other children,
very effective...
but it wasn't very effective for me,
I sat there thinking
"well it's too bad about not seeing the flag again, but the best part is not having to see the other people"
I didn't raise my hand to say anything about that, though
that would mean I wouldn't want to see any of them, either,
which was true
I looked straight forward at the blackboard,
which looked far better than any of them.
