Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Many Dreams from Many Nights after Many Different Meals: Part Six

This Sort of Man Eats Grass
Jeff Crews, from afternoon receiving at the Home Depot, turns out to be a washed-up rap star from the 1980s. Everyone is invited to his come-back show at a little theater, not unlike the box at Illinois State University. During the show, Jeff climbs into the audience as we all seem to know the melody and beat to his 'hit' single. Everyone is having a good time, everyone except Charles - the Department Supervisor of Plumbing & Paint. He is visibly ill to the point of being pail...or pale. After he is rushed out by EMTs, no one is sure what to do. Brandon from garden thusly begins handing out Girl Scouts cookies, predominantly Caramel Delights. As she accepts her order, a blonde girl in the audience says, "Well, this is ironic."

Later, Kathy from day-time receiving installs a curtain over the family bathroom doorway up front. This is the capstone of some lesbian victory. A fat, gothed-up girl goes in to have a shit, presumably. Tool starts playing from within the bathroom. From the eastern end of the building, a very tall man in a scientist's coat throws something down the aisle. He watches for a moment, then writes on his clipboard. I think it is John Cleese.
After a moment, he pulls something else from his inside pocket and throws that down the aisle. Again, he writes the result on his clip-board. Confused, I starts down the aisle toward him but am stopped when two bouncy balls pass over my head. I look back to John Cleese and see him writing on the clip-board again. All around, there are bouncy balls. No one is being struck. They are colliding with walls, shelves, and the floor but nothing is being knocked over. All around, there are bouncy balls.

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