The poetry, stories and intrigues of C.J. Brenner
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Wormy Wormwood
I know a man of the most important of priorities and his name is Wormy. Wormy was a triumphant soul with all the dishes that he received for his wedding on display for all of the friends he met and even for the people that think he was ugly. Wormy was really ugly in his manners but he had a voice that pleased the angels when he sang to the souls in his music hall. Wormy spelled his name with a W squared and he liked to put that insignia on his ties, his shoes and his watches that he wore on his arm every where he went. Wormy was not a prideful fellow but Wormy never seemed suited to laugh when someone else tried to tell a good joke unless Wormy was sure that the subject of the joke in no way was the watch collection that he displayed in his family's home in the foyer to show the world who he really wanted to be when they walked into his house. Wormy was bright and he starred in some special movies that no one could ever pass up. Wormy had a blessed soul and he really liked grape jelly. I have to say that Wormy and I do not smile when we pass each other in the hallway. I had lit a candle in his shoe collection to see if I had left one of my moccasins in his home once. I was indeed an invited guest but that light that I had just really bothered Wormy's dark room in his home as he saw it to be. I never shook Wormy's hand after that even though he really was a great fellow and everyone I knew really thought Wormy was a smart fellow who lead them in the songs that they liked to sing in orchestra. Wormy never lost a marble from his vast collection of fancy marbles but that is because he never dared to take them out of the shoe box that he left in his attic. I think he has a great collection but I have never seen a single marble. I miss that because I too like to collect marbles and sadly I have lost a few in my daily activities as I shared one or two publicly to impress my friends with my choices in marble selection. But that said, I have so many more marbles and I keep buying more and more. And I never lost more than one marble a decade either. So that said, I can not understand Wormy Wormwood's fear of losing his marbles. I thought that if you lost a marble you might just buy four more or maybe someone might give you one if they know you are a collector. Those are beautiful marbles really. But when Wormy was given one of my marbles he never gave it back to me. I don't care if he holds onto it and I consider it on loan. But it would give me great pride if Wormy might just show someone the marble he took from me so as to confirm that I have good taste in marbles and that I sing like a singer as well. I don't want to sing for a living, but I really like to sing in the shower when I am alone. My voice is nice but I just don't have the dove cry that Wormy was able to perfect. So in the future, if you see Wormy, ask him if he has my marble and if so, tell him that I'd like to borrow it for a day. I will be sure to give it back to him. Hes not the enemy that you might think a marble hoarder might actually be. Wormy was just shamed that his sister lost a marble and she never got the three marbles that she tried to find in the marble store in the front row of the kingdom that he liked to admire.
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