Friday, November 24, 2017

Roger Olson - "..." and its obvious consequence

Author's Note: I had a dream where i couldn't understand a thing. I was listening to someone. This person was trying to tell something really important but i just couldn't understand a word. It was greek to me. And i was doing all these "Oh, eh, ah, uh, huh"'s trying to keep the conversation going. And the person got really-really irritated and so she started to slap my face and then i lost my consciousness and found myself in a bag which was falling into the river and then i woke up. This poem attempts to transcribe my part of that surreal conversation. 

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"..." and its obvious consequence

Oh...
eh. Uh. Eh... Uh...
Um... Mmm... mmm....
huh?
Hmm...
Oh! Huh? Uh-huh. Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh... Oh.

Pfff...

Huh? Uh-huh. Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh... Mmm... mmm...
Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh... Uh. Eh... Oh.
Pfff...Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh... Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh...
Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh... Uh. Eh... Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh...
huh?
Hmm... Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh... Mmm...
huh?
Hmm....

Um... Oh.

Pfff...

Uh. Eh... Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh...
eh. Uh. Eh... Uh... Uh... Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh...
Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh... Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh...
eh. Uh. Eh... Oh. Ah. Uh... Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh... Mmm...
Uh... Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh...
eh. Uh... Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh... Mmm... mmm...
 Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh...
eh. Uh. Eh... Oh.
Pfff...Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh... Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh... Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh...
huh?
Hmm... Oh. Ah. Uh. Eh... Oh. Ah. Uh? Oh!

(slap, slap, slap)
Ah!
(slap, slap, slap)
Aye! Ah! Oi!
(slap, slap, slap)

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...
...
...
...
...
...
...

Ppfmfp... mppmfp.
Fmfmfp. Mppmfp... Fmfmfp... Fmfppm...
Ppmppmppm... ppmppmppm.... mfpfmfmfp?
Mfpppmppm... Ppfmfp! Mfpfmfmfp?
Fmfmfp-mfpfmfmfp. Ppfmfp. Mmmmfp.
Fmfmfp. Mppmfp... Ppfmfp. Pfmmpfmpfmpf...

(PLONK!)

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