Dead Bob Drabble

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

100 words of inanity insanity. Maybe both.



"I am thy father's spirit,
Doomed for a certain time to walk the—"

"Do you mind?"

"List, O, list—"

"Dad, this is a form 61049obliquestrokeB. It's difficult enough without you talking—"

"Not 'talking,' son. Shakespeare."

"I know I'll regret asking, but—"

"Rehearsal."

"For?"

"The performance."

"What—how—why—"

"Don't babble, son. The Beaufort Bards' production of Hamlet. I'm the—"

"--Ghost?"

"How'd you know?"

"Lucky guess. There's Shakespeare in the afterlife?"

"There are more things in heaven and earth--"

"Stop!"

"There's Will. I'm off."

"Who?"

"Director."

"Ah."

"And author."

"Oh. Author?"

"Anon, son."

Comments

[lynnmonster.livejournal.com]

The Beaufort Bards! Perfectly in keeping with the Group of Six!

This is hysterical, and I love it.

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

Imagining all sorts of hijinks in that company.