The serious writer and her bush
The serious writer looks back on a long and distinguished career as an herbologist. Her favourite bush grows in Central Park and is called Noah's Ark by the residents because of the myriad of animals that it shelters. The serious writer has given a name to every leaf and branch of the Ark, and when autumn comes, her heart slowly withers, pondering decay as the shrub sheds its summer splendour and returns to the raw.
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Author's Note
Published in elimae, April 2010.
Originally created as one of four three-sentence miniatures submitted to Metazen as part of its "image-to-text-conversion" contest, December 2009.
[Update: Finnegan Flawnt was a pseudonym of Marcus Speh. This piece is part of his debut collection of short fiction "Thank You For Your Sperm" published by MadHat Press (2013).]
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evokes a feeling of mono no aware, and speaks to the writer's work as organic with ties to the self and to the world
Heard the podcast this week. Really like the piece, Finnegan.
Wonderful, Finnegan. Really lovely.
thanks morgan, sam and marcelle, i really appreciate your comments - you made a foggy day sunny for me!
"...returns to the raw."
That is an excellent phrase. Great use of language through the entire piece.
thank you very much indeed, jarrid. my fav phrase, too.
not one to usually jump on the bandwagon but returns to the raw is too good so i will jump.
good stuff
mine's a short bandwagon and moving through fast considering the speed at which new stories are pouring into fictionaut, so thanks for leaping!