Posted by Atticus on August 26, 2004, at 4:24:03
In reply to Re: poem ... Bob to Register Three, posted by malthus on August 25, 2004, at 21:24:02
Hi Malthus,
You're right, I'm definitely playing with a lot of things in this poem. Go back and read the physical description of Bob's face as he shoots me the bemused look upon arriving at the register, then scroll up to the photo in the upper left hand corner at the very top of Writing (or any other Babble page). Read Bob's third plea with the customers without the parenthetical "thought" that's inserted into it. And imagine a guy named Bob who wants to be a doctor. Then I guess people would call him Dr. Bo... Nahhh. Must be a coincidence. Surely. This scene, and the little daydream layered over it, took place when I was visiting my family in Jersey this past weekend, when the register did jam, and a manager named Bob was indeed summoned, and I thought, what if, in some other reality ... Hmmm. 'Nuff said. ;) Atticus, maker of mischief
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