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Reading
I was a goner, they said. Oh
well. Could’ve been worse.
Could’ve been born
before they dug up
all the words. & we’d just stand
around trying not to
explode. I wanted,
above all, & with no
regard for human life, to play my Atari
& be alone without ugliness.
I admit I liked people best when
they’re far away inside
me. Like on the phone
in the 90s. Could’ve
been worse. Could’ve
forgotten to invent scented markers
on purpose. The truth is, as
president, I was kind of a
walk-on. Most people hated
my guts. Others envied my
insane tallness. So I rubbed it in
by wearing the most obnoxious
hat ever made. I should’ve
worn it that night—but the war
was over &, like you, you bastard,
I was full of hope & liquid
dreams. Way back, before
the locomotive, I was actually
pretty, girlish even. But I aged 1,000 fucking years
in 3 winters just to show you
what it takes. To be the leader of endless
cannons. Asking fucked up
questions around fucked up
gentlemen. I was
Hey, everyone, I couldn’t help overhearing in this giant, nigh-deserted, echoey castle that you were doing an elaborate musical number where everyone was involved. Well, almost everyone. It seems like you forgot about me, the servant in this castle who was turned into a chamberpot.
Consider what you just sang:
Course by course, one by one,
Till you shout, “Enough, I’m done.”
Then we’ll sing you off to sleep as you digest…
Kind of the perfect opportunity for me to jump in there, no?
I can’t help but feel no one wanted me here. Why? Because there’s not a good way to clean me other than throwing my contents out the nearest window?
But I can sing! I can also handle a big number. Honestly, that’s a good description of my day-to-day. Sometimes it’s several big numbers. French food is heavy. Loads of bread.
The Beast behaves like a beast, eats like a beast, and courts women like a beast, but he insists upon using the bathroom like a gentleman. It’s the only thing that reminds him he was once a man.
Well, I, too, once was a man.
This is the second in a very occasional series of posts discussing the following proposition: in the English-speaking world, the last 50 years has seen a dramatic increase in the quantity and quality of text and visual mass media intended for children. The first post, on kids’ animated cartoons, is here. As noted in that […]
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