Specialization is for Insects

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

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When you sleep, where do your fingers go?

October 20th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Mine write apparently.

I went to bed last night with a pen and a notecard on my bedstand. Between klaxons from my alarm (I hit snooze a few times) I wrote the following:

I felt paused. Was this clock still driving the ship of my time? Or had it abandoned me for it’s own purpose.

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As I write this I use short–straight–strokes. Just like Joe.

I think that they qualify as flash fiction–microfiction perhaps.

To understand the use of the em–dash, I suggest you visit Grammar Girl.

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2 responses so far ↓

  • 1 the dreamer // Oct 20, 2007 at 10:36 am

    I’d like to take this opportunity to point out that you used the em-dash wrong in the phrase ‘em-dash.’

  • 2 admin // Oct 20, 2007 at 10:43 am

    I would like to point out the fact that you’re fat.
    Message ends.

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