Saturday, January 10, 2009

Things to do when you get there

Sleep.
Worry that you have actually got there and not dreamt it,
awaken.
Continue to worry that you are not presently dreaming,
drink very strong coffee,
floss.
Read ' The encyclopedia of getting there' from cover to cover (spending extra and special time on the 'activities on arrival' section).
Talk yourself into the the thought that you have never even experienced desire to get there, nor wanted to do anything upon arrival.
Drink even more, even stronger coffee.
Weep.
Drink some wine, weep in a foreign language.
Burn your possessions. Cough. Sleep.
Weep whilst sleeping, laugh, awaken.
Smile. Draw a bath.
Laugh in native and foreign tongues.
Collate a list of things to do when you get there.
Rinse in icy cold water and repeat . . .
. . . . etc et etc et etc et etc et etc et etc . . .

[6th January was the day on which this was created. It was at Napier University Edinburgh after reading Siegfried Sassoon's 'Aftermath'.]

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