Thursday, July 9, 2009
The Shadow Knows
A man’s shadow refuses to cross the street. After arguing about a shadow’s rights and responsibilities, the man decides to cross anyway and is killed by a speeding car before he can reach the other side. A crowd gathers around his body. The shadow joins them. A policeman arrives, and after a quick count places the shadow under arrest. Filled with remorse, the shadow dies in prison before it can be brought to trial.
Note: File under Marginalia and/or Poems, Slightly Confused.
Update:
In the Forum: trying to remember old encyclopedia names.
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10 comments:
Not as confused as I am.
So, I guess one could say that the shadow was umbra arrest.
Sorry. :-)
Oh, yeah, sure you are.
Brian, maybe it should be Poems, Rightly Confused....
I knew that shadow was a shady character.
He was also abused as a child, kept for long periods in dark rooms.
So the prison was the sun-light?
Maybe. Or maybe the sun was the prison-light.
Thanks for the reminder, leks. And thanks for turning my thoughtless remark toward a positive purpose.
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