Exquisite Corpse - 7 November 2009

Hi again. Jana's friend Ruth (of Ruth Writes fame) came to visit this weekend. I thought it would be interesting to write with her after a 4+ hour drive, so Jana, Ruth and I started with some Exquisite Corpses. Here they are:

EC1:

Hello, friend november

an addendum to the the fairy tale

a simple melody

finish isn't an option

briskly, crisply, fondly

rummaging through the trash

smaller and smaller my steps

slowly, sweetly, fondly,

shut the door when

significance - unimportant

EC2:

Wandering through the woods

silently sulking

as we watched the leaves sink through the air

an apple whisked away

wrapped in gauze and string

the sidewalk heaved with steps and leaves

endoplasmic reticulum

wicked, wicked child

alleluia

happiness when I choose to have it.

EC3:

Bagged up leaves that line the streets

the story rolls

a jail of gold and green

she told him, "shhh"

forever tomorrow, seldom yesterday

wearing a sheet

it came unannounced

invariably, involuntarily fighting fires

chrynacrodom magenta

she smiled, and turned