Saturday, June 30, 2007

Bloomsday in Three Acts. By TEFKAMS. Act I.

By what means did TEFKAMS find himself embracing urban life in the nation’s tenth healthiest city on Bloomsday?

Commercial hyperterrestrial conveyance by way of Detroit, Boston, Detroit, Bloomington, Indianpolis, Dallas, Austin.

What action did TEFKAMS make on his arrival at his destination?

Saluted his host. Proceeded to the golden city, wherein was housed the earthly belongings of the same.

What discrete succession of images did Coye meanwhile perceive?

TEFKAMS struggle with Andy for dominance. Andy’s defeat. Disturbing release of psychological effluvia.

What supererogatory marks of special hospitality did the host show his guest?

Relinquishing his symposiarchal right to the living room couch presented to him by his only parents. He substituted the old white wicker chair from his dorm room days at Wheaton. A dollar here or there. Removing his iron from the neither reaches of his closet.

Was the guest conscious of and did he acknowledge these marks of hospitality?

His attention was directed to them by his host jocosely and he accepted them seriously as they made libations at the house of spiders.

What two temperaments did they individually represent?

The Bacchanalian. The Apollonian.

From which (if any) of these mental or physical disorders was the host not totally immune?

From hypnotic suggestion: once, waking, he had not recognized his sleeping apartment: more than once, waking, he had been for an indefinite time incapable of moving or uttering sounds.

After partaking of liquid refreshment, what action was undertaken by the pair?

Boarded Coye’s Mustang for an aggressive return to his domicile.

What did each do at the door of egress?

Coye unlocked the door. TEFKAMS turned on the light.

For what creature was the door of egress a door of ingress?

For a spider and sundry microbes.

1 comment:

Coye said...

Brilliant.