Got away for a while

I had enough and got in my boat. I rode out a few miles, got out my deep sea suit, hooked it up, and went to the bottom of the Ocean. I sat there for a while. I liked the quiet and the dark.

Soon a squid came by. The squid waved at me with it’s many tentacles. I nodded. The squid moved on.

A whale came along. The whale winked at me. I nodded at the whale. The whale swam on.

I sat for a long while with no more interactions. I fell asleep twice.

I got hungry and went back to the surface. I took off the deep sea suit and looked around for snacks, but there was nothing. I rode the boat back to the dock.

I parked my boat and went to the restaurant just off the dock. The waitress brought me a menu. I ordered a hamburger and a cola.

I wish I was your…

My friend, Nebbie the Star

I’m friends with a Star. Her official name is Nebulous 460, but I call her Nebbie.

For many years, Nebbie and I maintained a long-distance friendship. I would lay out in my backyard at night and yell my end of the conversation, Nebbie, screaming hers back to me.

When I finally got my rocket ship, I flew up into space to surprise visit Nebbie. She was shocked and surprised. We spent the whole day talking and it was nice because neither of us went hoarse.

A few ways I’m different

I sleep standing up. I’ve been sleeping this way since I saw a horse asleep while standing in its stall. I only have to sleep this way two hours a night to get a full night’s sleep.

I eat by holding food in my hand. I don’t have to chew it. I hold the food in my right hand, and it gets absorbed through the skin. The great thing about this is that I never have to brush my teeth.

I speak without opening my mouth. What I want to say appears in the air in florescent colors. The person I’m conversing with reads the words, says their response, and my response appears again in the air.

Everything else about me is pretty normal. Except my bones are made of Styrofoam. I bought them at a hobby shop.

What happened by the creek

I sat by the creek. I liked watching the water move by. It was like a moving clear frosting.

Finally I leaned forward and put my tongue in the water. It wasn’t sweet. It was cold and bitter. Still, I liked it.

From behind me I heard someone say, “What are you doing?” I turned around and saw a bear with hands on its hips. I was embarrassed. I lied saying, “Just getting a drink.”

The bear said, “It looked otherwise. There’s no place in the woods for kinky things.”

I snapped out of it, stood up, and said, “Are you kidding me?!”

The bear stared at me. I stared back at the bear.

Well, you guessed it, we started making out.

Discussion with the lawn

I woke up this morning and went out to my backyard to have a talk with the lawn.

I said, “What strange things did you see last night?”

The lawn said, Okay, well, there was this raccoon, and it kept walking back and forth across me. At first I thought it forgot something, but this kind of walking kept going on like fifty times. So finally I said, “What the frick, raccoon?” The raccoon said, “I’m exercising, alright?! I’m trying to do something good for myself, and I don’t need your cranky criticism!”

I said, “Go on, go on.”

The lawn said, “So I said to the raccoon, “It’s my business if what you do is on top of me and wearing me down!” Well, the raccoon, she says, “Why in the hellacious acres did you become a lawn if you’re so bothered by things like other’s walking?!” I said, “I’m not bothered by walking, but by the freakish repetitive bullshit that you’re so touchy about!”

I said, “The raccoon had a point. Why did you decide to become a lawn?”

The lawn said, “I don’t see what that has to do with this?

I said, “I’m curious.”

The lawn said, “I became a lawn because I never cared for growing randomly in the woods or in vacant lots. I like order. I prefer a structured appearance.”

I said, “But once you become a lawn, you’re an open space invitation for others to do as they wish.”

The lawn said, “I guess. But I don’t like it. Would you build a very tall fence all around me with no gates to get in?”

I said, “No.”