Never heard of a pensee
his brother shrugged
A what?
Pensee
Nah. What’s that?
A fun little exercise
Five
lines First line is the subject two
syllables everything following is dependent on the number of syllables
Awright, I’ll play; two
syllables, that sucks.
Thats so you
Ain’t it?
What’s next?
The description of the
subject four syllables Followed by action seven syllables Followed by setting eight syllables final
thought six syllables
What’s next?
Description Four syllables
Of what?
That sucks
his brother languished he might have had one beer too many to
entertain the task of a pensee
on the return flight from his fathers
90th birthday he scribbled on a napkin provided with a fortified Bloody Mary
That sucks
Description Four syllables
A hairy bone it was his kid brother afterall
rolling
action seven
Nibble nibble nibble
bite
setting eight
In the back seat of an
old car
final thoughts six
Got something on
your chin
he wrote the pensee as a text to
his brother and sent it off when he landed in California
a week later he hadnt heard a
thing
his brother was either more lousy
on a cellphone than he or he didnt remember he provided the subject and hence
was uninterested in replying
full moon -- Harvest
moon rising, Monday, 20 9.
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1607, Reggae Friday, 24 9. 21
