Scene One -- Morning
It is cold on the beanbag as I sleep.
It is 65 outside but yet my office is 45 and the air-conditioning is relentless.
I worked all night but need a hot shower.
Walking to the gym I pass St. Vincent's Hospital.
A man walks out of the emergency room and looks in the trash.
He pills out a juice bottle and taps it on the ground.
Holding it forward like a lance he returns into the emergency room looking very determined.
The first thing I imagine is that a hospital employee is about to get murdered.
I run in behind him screaming for people to look out, give them warning, alert the guard.
My screaming startles him and he turns the bottle upon himself cutting his hands and wrists.
Blood is flowing rapidly.
He holds his arms out straight to the left and right.
The guard is approaching, I back up out the door and depart.
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Scene Two -- Dusk
I am the first customer in the restaurant.
The drag queens are busy setting tables and getting into costume.
I order my first $2 frozen margarita.
Gusty Winds finishes applying her nails.
She leaves a thumb, pinky and middle finger nail plus a bottle of glue behind.
I apply them.
I take pleasure in scratching my scalp and scraping the frost off my drink.
But I bite them.
They fall off.
FIN
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Yesterday - A Very Fellini Forrest
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2 comments:
hey there
this is Mary-Mitchell Campbell. we met at the hole in the wall gang camp.....you were there with Anti-Gravity, I was the music director for the gala.
anyway, I finally had a moment to check out your blog. congrats. saw that you are interested in doing volunteer vacations. I just returned from three months in india where I did that very thing. it has completely changed my life. I am now starting a nonprofit and writing a book about volunteering.
anyway, just wanted to touch base with you. really glad to see someone else in our community looking to the world outside of ours and striving to make a difference. if you are interested, I'd love to tell you about my experiences sometime!!
Forrest,
Checking out your blog and it's great! I don't blame you for not wanting to continue the newsletter, when blogging is so much easier.
Glad to know you're doing well - I'm in Las Vegas, still doing Mamma Mia. It's a crazy town!
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