The poetry, stories and intrigues of C.J. Brenner

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Grimey the Soul Searcher from Paris

There once was a man named Grimey. Grimey was a big star in the zoo keeping kingdom.  He loved the antlers and he liked to have his lunch by the cage of the antelopes every day.  I liked Grimey a little bit.  He was a good speaker and he found his troubles relieved as he was able to find a great property to stay at on the weekends when he was not at the zoo.  The zoo was a good zoo and many of the people there liked watching Grimey feed the lions and the squirrels.  The bats, however were another story.  Grimey just did not like the bat cave in the zoo.  It was dark and those bats were really unpredictable.  Grimey had to have someone else hired just to clean the bat cage.  That was ok and no one faulted Grimey.  But one day a bat got out of the cage and attacked the antelopes.  The antelopes got very upset and panicked.  The ran around their cage and then when Grimey was eating lunch, the Antlers of the antelopes found their way into his tuna salad.  Grimey did not know what to do.  He quickly realized it was the bat that had gone wild and he tried to get the bat handler to get the bat out of the Antelope exhibit.  That was fine and all was good.  But no one forgot Grimey's look when the antelope skewered his tuna sandwich. I thought Grimey was interesting and he had the most collected Parisian accent.  But that said, I think Grimey has retired from the zoo business and now has moved to Paris again. The fact was Grimey just liked Paris the most and he did not care really if he ever saw another zoo or even another antler for the rest of his life.  That's the story of Grimey the soul searcher.  And I guess he forgot that he liked souls too, but that was his real job. He was supposed to meet the people who liked to dance in his new location and get to know them.  He didn't meet that many and really he just got interested in those antlers and never left his office.  Thanks Grimey. I'll remember you fondly.  But what about my soul which was really not that happy and you did not show me a light in the zoo when I wanted to visit the bat cave?  I still want to see some bats and now that you are gone, perhaps the next soul searcher might show me the way.  Thanks.

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