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

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Tess the Lady who Eats Playdough

There is a woman I have known named Tess.  She really liked to eat Playdough.  It was just a simple thing she did as a child, but it soon progressed to a daily routine as an adult.  She liked the blue the best and often enjoyed the red and yellow Playdoughs as well.  One day Tess woke up and her belly was swollen and this amused her so.  She was always told that as a child, she should not eat the Playdough.  But that was never a concern as she felt energized and ready for anything when she ate that Playdough in the past. 
If you meet Tess on the streets, please do not feed her any clay.  Clay does not entice her at all.  She likes the Playdough only and if its hardened, she will still eat it once in a while.  But that said, Tess had one small flaw.   When her stomach was distended and angry at her, she must have been a silly thing that she took the Playdough from the doctor's children and now the Doctor would not be too keen to visit her in her infirmity. 
That was not the problem that Tess anticipated, but surely, no doctor would refuse to treat a patient. 
So Tess is doing ok now.  She eats only the yellow Playdough now and she likes to follow it with a chaser of lime juice as well.   If Tess does not stop eating the Playdough, she will surely be sick someday, but that is not a big deal as she has super health insurance.   But if Tess ever eats any more Blue Playdough, I don't think that the discoloration of her mouth is ever going to go away. 
So, Tess, please remain at your best and if you can ever stop eating the Playdough, that would really be great.  But I am sure that you are happy and that it seems to work for you and if you don't get sick much, who is to stop you, right?

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