PC, the metaphor was obvious, yes, but I'd rather assumed that was the intent. It wasn't heavy-handed, and the last line was nice and wry.
Just keep walking, preacher-man.
River ,'Jaynestown'
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deborah grabien - Apr 29, 2004 6:05:19 am PDT #4301 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Pix - Apr 29, 2004 6:41:47 am PDT #4302 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Bev, I love the texture (stealing Deb's word) of your drabble. Powerful!
uh-oh to ah-HA!
Deb, isn't that a Robert Fulgham quote? It rang a bell for me.
I'm so happy to have an approachable writing task right now! I've been daunted by my longer works lately, and this is a good way to start to get comfortable in my own writing skin again.
deborah grabien - Apr 29, 2004 7:00:13 am PDT #4303 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Deb, isn't that a Robert Fulgham quote?
Don't know - I haven't read him. It just popped into my head as appropriate for my reaction.
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2004 7:12:56 am PDT #4304 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's So Hard To Say Goodbye
It wasn't fair. Every other time the song had played in the last few years she'd been able to change the station, change the topic, hit the stop button, bolt. Today she was hedged in by propriety, sorrow and fellow mourners.
Tears slammed her, not just tears for her grieving loved ones, but tears for herself, for the conversations she could now never have, the personal loss filling and escaping hidden spaces today?s funeral could not touch on its own.
Caribbean keening melded with bayou tears and she could feel she was not alone walking the two roads at once.
deborah grabien - Apr 29, 2004 7:39:45 am PDT #4305 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I commented on this one in LJ. What is it about music?
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2004 7:41:01 am PDT #4306 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Just writing that damned drabble almost earwormed me with the music again. I had to grab for other music really quickly.
deborah grabien - Apr 29, 2004 7:42:54 am PDT #4307 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
That's me with, especially, the Stones' "She's A Rainbow."
Music, for me, is as pervasive as air. It just kicks, and kicks hard.
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2004 7:45:35 am PDT #4308 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's funny -- in a longer piece I'd have mentioned that my sister used to have the same reaction, but she, the very emotional one, forced her way through it with repeated listening. Me, the stoic, I refuse.
I'm not sure why.
Nilly - Apr 29, 2004 7:47:10 am PDT #4309 of 10001
Swouncing
I don't speak Music. I wish I could, but I can't.
I love catching up in this thread. And, yes, as a non-writer, this is pretty much all I get to post here, but I still want to state that.
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2004 7:48:08 am PDT #4310 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
as a non-writer
As a non-short-form-English-fiction writer, you mean. Don't make me have to look at you sternly.