Let's Make a Story #4

[bonocomet]

died.

 

[lynnok]

an inner death of shame. He knew

 

[gvox]

that while he had cheated Death once again,

 

[No spoken words]

he might not be so lucky the third time. So he went home, and went to a web site called "interference". He got himself a user name, and started exploring the site. The first thing he noticed was

 

[gvox]

that whilst some had enrolled seeking

 

[lynnok]

the approval of others to fill the emptiness they felt inside

 

[gvox]

, others came in a vain effort to boost their fractured egos, fooling only themselves.

 

[lynnok]

But amongst the incoherent babbling there began to emerge a rather sophisticated network of

 

[bonocomet]

losers, with no real life at all, who

 

[No spoken words]

marvelled at how someone could do something 27,268 times in just over 2 years yet would question the lives of others.

 

[bonocomet]

But no questions were asked,

 

[gvox]

nor bitter sentiments assuaged,

 

[bonocomet]

nor fingers pointed,

 

[lynnok]

but conclusions were drawn. He asked himself

 

[bonocomet]

"Have I really stooped so low?"

 

[gvox]

, and the resounding answer, deafening in it's silence and yet unavoidable in truth,

 

[bonocomet]

was

 

[gvox]

disappointing, but not half as disappointing as "died".

 

[bonocomet]

So

 

[gvox]

having thoroughly convinced himself that creativity was a lost cause in the barren wasteland he found himself,

 

[No spoken words]

he was on the brink of tossing in the towel.

 

[gvox]

In that very same moment appeared a young child, who, taking him by the hand, said

 

[Carek1230]

"Where's the beef?"

 

[lynnok]

And in a puff of smoke the child returned to "what's for breakfast lunch or dinner" to find it. Interestingly,

 

[Carek1230]

the beef really

 

[No spoken words]

was putrid and needed to be recalled by the FDA.

 

[Carek1230]

The child was forced to choose something other than the beef,

 

[flybabe]

and ate chicken instead

 

[Carek1230]

and was satisfied with the chicken even if it was

 

[Diemen]

slightly rancid