A Short Play about Garden Life Starring a Buttercup and a Cat

02/28/2011

A Short Play about Garden Life Starring a Buttercup and a Cat

OMG what's going on this is so amazing what is this stuff blowing around it smells so sweet OMG I'm in air and I can breathe for the first time I've never felt so good it's like I can feel it moving through me just like my parents told me like the tides going ebbing and flowing and or seasons changing from one to the next and I'm
part of the universe just like I always dreamed and there are little specks of dirt on me each one of which is a small and tender piece of the same universe and OMG what it's water, real drops of water on my leaves and my neck and is anyone here to photograph this miracle because I am new and this has got to be the best corner of the world because could anything be more beautiful and
what's that shining light is it the sun I've heard so much about the sun it makes us grow and we can't live without it for more than a few hours or days but no it's me it's me it's me my petals are bright yellow and it's like I'm a little piece of the sun and soon I'm going to open up and spread so much joy into the world and make friends with the birds and the bugs and even the worms and the rain because life is mine for once it's so good I'm treasuring every second like it's my first and my last and yet somehow each one is more precious than the next OMG OMG OMG
'Who knew that buttercups were so tasty?'

--Elektra

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Comments

Lots of fun this one.

Posted by: Kay Hart | 02/28/2011 at 07:08 PM

You need a goat there. Then you wouln't have that fancy-ass striped bamboo, either!

Posted by: clark | 03/01/2011 at 09:32 AM

Except we WANT the bamboo, Clark, LOL.

Posted by: Matthew Gallaway | 03/01/2011 at 09:33 AM

I never thought I'd see the day where Elektra would turn into an outdoor cat. You've corrupted her, Matthew.

Posted by: Bourgeois Nerd | 03/01/2011 at 02:24 PM

LOL shes not an outdoor cat, which Im strictly opposed to in most cases because I happen to also love birds. She was just out for a walk in the garden...

Posted by: Matthew Gallaway | 03/01/2011 at 02:53 PM

lol, slurp!

Posted by: larry | 03/01/2011 at 04:18 PM

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