This is taken from something I've been working on called The Big Book of Everything: From the BOOK of DREAMERS
Bobbo (Chapters 1-5)
1:1 Bobbo was from a small town in southern Illinois. When he was a child he looked at his father (who was watching TV) and he said unto him “I wish not to be like you. You frighten me. You are emotionally distant. Your eyes glaze over as you sit in front of the television, and Mom kind-of hates you. Did you used to be alive like I am?”
1:2 Then Bobbo ran away from home, never to return. Minutes after Bobbo was gone, his father looked up at no one and said “what?”
1:3 Bobbo decided he would become a clown since he already had a funny name.
1:4 Bobbo joined the circus and frolicked with the lion tamers and the trapeze women. But late one night, Bobbo noticed that he had been sitting in front of the television after work. His trapeze artist girlfriend had been talking for quite some time (for at least two-and-a-half years) and he hadn’t been listening to any of it.
1:5 Bobbo ran away from the circus and became a therapist. He dated lawyers. Late one August morning he hung himself. Such is the way.
2:1 Bobbo had a son before he died by the name of Winthrop. Winthrop said unto Bobbo, shortly before Bobbo killed himself “I wish not to be like you. You frighten me. You are emotionally distant—“ That’s as far as he got.
2:2 Eventually the guilt over his father’s suicide led Winthrop to kill himself.
2:3 Before he died, Winthrop begat Hildegard, Ritchie and Horace.
3:1 Horace one day climbed the highest mountain in the world. And when he was at the top of the mountain, his cell phone rang. When he went to answer it, he lost his footing and fell to his death.
4:1 Ritchie was very popular in school and so became mortally depressed upon graduation. He spent the rest of his life watching television.
5:1 Hildegard was a special woman. When others were getting careers, she decided to follow her dreams. When her dreams didn’t materialize before her just because she wanted them to, she didn’t give up hope. When she had tried as hard as she could, and still could not achieve her dreams, she laughed and switched dreams.
5:2 Hildegard had a special gene in her head that made her predisposed to happiness. Richie and Horace hated her passionately for this reason. Such is the way.
Bobbo (Chapters 1-5)
1:1 Bobbo was from a small town in southern Illinois. When he was a child he looked at his father (who was watching TV) and he said unto him “I wish not to be like you. You frighten me. You are emotionally distant. Your eyes glaze over as you sit in front of the television, and Mom kind-of hates you. Did you used to be alive like I am?”
1:2 Then Bobbo ran away from home, never to return. Minutes after Bobbo was gone, his father looked up at no one and said “what?”
1:3 Bobbo decided he would become a clown since he already had a funny name.
1:4 Bobbo joined the circus and frolicked with the lion tamers and the trapeze women. But late one night, Bobbo noticed that he had been sitting in front of the television after work. His trapeze artist girlfriend had been talking for quite some time (for at least two-and-a-half years) and he hadn’t been listening to any of it.
1:5 Bobbo ran away from the circus and became a therapist. He dated lawyers. Late one August morning he hung himself. Such is the way.
2:1 Bobbo had a son before he died by the name of Winthrop. Winthrop said unto Bobbo, shortly before Bobbo killed himself “I wish not to be like you. You frighten me. You are emotionally distant—“ That’s as far as he got.
2:2 Eventually the guilt over his father’s suicide led Winthrop to kill himself.
2:3 Before he died, Winthrop begat Hildegard, Ritchie and Horace.
3:1 Horace one day climbed the highest mountain in the world. And when he was at the top of the mountain, his cell phone rang. When he went to answer it, he lost his footing and fell to his death.
4:1 Ritchie was very popular in school and so became mortally depressed upon graduation. He spent the rest of his life watching television.
5:1 Hildegard was a special woman. When others were getting careers, she decided to follow her dreams. When her dreams didn’t materialize before her just because she wanted them to, she didn’t give up hope. When she had tried as hard as she could, and still could not achieve her dreams, she laughed and switched dreams.
5:2 Hildegard had a special gene in her head that made her predisposed to happiness. Richie and Horace hated her passionately for this reason. Such is the way.
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