Tluck…
tlock…
tluck…
tlock…
tluck…
tlock…
tluck…
tlock…
Faucet running… tluck… tlock…
she’s daydreaming again
tluck… tlock…
where is she going today…
tluck… tlock…
water’ splashing
snow’s falling
the windows are white as the sky
she is slipping away
sleeping awake
down the rabbit hole inside her brain
She’s not Alice, no sir
Nameless she must remain
tluck… tlock…
down the rain
tluck… tlock…
until another land became
Blink blink her eyes are blinking in adjustment
she can’t see a thing
where did she landed
only whispers she hears
must be noises of everything surrounding
she blinks and blinks and scratch her eyes with her tiny little hands
okay I am here now
I can see a thing
must call it sky because is blue and white
the white are like clouds
but not fluffy like she is used to
more like rounded curtains that you can see through
she is lying down
she normally arrives like that
it is a easier way to jump if you lay down
if you jump laying down you can jump all over the place
but if you are standing up, you can only jump as much as your legs let you
her brain wanted to do more than her legs could anyways…
she sat down now
the ground was like sand, but also like grass
was a mix she couldn’t quite catch
almost like if plants were suddenly made with green sand that got somehow crystallized
it was weird to touch it
it didn’t feel right
felt wet-y and warm… also, it smelled like purring cats.
She got up on her feet and decided to take a look around to see what else was weird in that land she got herself in-to
nothing was really around… she was almost bored
when, out of nowhere, this huge thing sweep-ed her and took her someplace else
what what what was it?
She couldn’t see what was happening
she could only feel her body kind of floating
hello… hello
where are you taking me?
she asked the thing she could not really see the face of or made up what it really was
probably a giant from the land she arrived in
maybe they were mad with her presence
hello… hello…
the thing stopped
she was disappointed
why did you stop?
The thing put her back on the ground
and as it did, she could now clearly see
that the thing was not a thing at all
it was a lamp dressed as a rare white giraffe
maybe it was going to a Halloween party or something
the lamp had really bright eyes
and its body was tall as a tree
maybe giraffe was the only costume it could fit into
Oh hello… said the lamp-giraffe in a very polite manner
sorry I caught you like that, I thought you were going to the party
I was just giving you a ride
how impolite of me not to have asked first
She smiled and nodded, no problem at all
what is your name?
The lamp cleared his gigantic throat and said
Umbrello… but everybody calls me Low
I am the shortest in my family…
She was amazed by that info
She also expected Low to ask her her name, but he didn’t. So she didn’t tell him.
Low started to walk away with nothing else to say
Hey, wait… so he looked back puzzled
Yes?
Can I go to the party, she asked?
Oh, most certainly… what are you?
Hmmm (she thought it was quite obvious) a girl?
Hilarious ha ha ha
great costume
She raised her eyebrows and thought to herself that Low was a little bit cuckoo.
Fernanda Beziaco 