Storylines - 1/26/2002

1. This is the story of the forgotten star
That fell out of the sky so far

2. This is the story of the hidden wish
Found in the belly of a great silver fish

3. This is the story of the wicked Ear
Turning evil when it lost the ability to hear

4. This is the story of the broken wall
Through which we walked, from which we fall

5. This is the story of the stray eye lash
That got left behind in the trash

6. This is the story of the stupid mind
So unintelligent it wrote storylines ...

7. This is the story of the wooden watch
whose eyes glittered like a flaming torch

8. This is the story of the drowning lamb
Bleating as he struggled down the Cam

9. This is the story of the long lost brother
A prodigal child who has no mother

10. This is the story of the intricate ring
Malleable yet so strong it could sing

11. This is the story of the deadly beast
Caught in the thicket by the Golden fleece

12. This is the story of the Dead Poet
Turning in his grave as they exhumed it

13. This is the story of the last line
Does it matter if it doesn't rhyme?

Associations:

1. The Moth and the Star - James Thurber
2. Jonah and the Whale - Books and Silverfish
3. The Body
4.However tangential - the Confessions of St. Augustine
5.A stray eyelash
6.The Present Attempt
7. Cuckoo Clocks
8. My friend Matt - though the reference is not to him - in case he reads this...
9. The Biblical Tale of the Prodigal Son
10. LOTR
11. Hotel California (I heard it in Olio today) Jason and the Argonauts
12. Robin Williams and a quote in today's papers by a friend of a friend
13. This week in Lit class (we were talking about rhyme)