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I AM HOLDING AN OBJECT OF SIGNIFICANCE

 

I will tell my heirs she pushed a note through my letter box

that was printed on A4 using Good Times font and a bold typeface.

I sent my reply


 

by email, Twitter, Facebook, text, newsletter, carrier pigeon, courier,

by post, piece of paper from a pizza menu, my grandmother’s spirit,

by diplomatic bag, phone, Morse, Parcelforce, blog, videotape, letter,

by inserting a frame in her favourite film, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”,


 

by the lyrics in the Christmas Number One, road sign outside her house,

by a paper boat, photo, satellite, cable, card with two hearts on the cover,

by ouija board, automatic writing, illuminated sign, cave painting, seance,

by voucher (redeemable in person only), fax, free mobile app, prayer,


 

by spam, classified advert in the local paper, loud-hailer, MP3, telepathy,

by talking dog, radio, aliens (illegal and space), Wikipedia, teleportation

by ringtone, bottle, sky writing, guardian angel, the Governor of Tennessee,

by substitution cipher (she has the decoder ring), founding a new religion,


 

by whistling, semaphore, walkie-talkie, smoke signals, map, a picture,

by flag, sign language, Sanskrit, business card, mathematical notation,

by a TV show that displays texts on screen, drums, Braille, metaphor

by interpretative dance, Latin, a YouTube clip, pony express, algorithm,


 

as well as scrawling underneath her Good Times font and bold typeface

and posting through her letterbox my reply

which consisted of the single word ditto


 

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Comments

C Byrne

Wed 25th May 2011 10:46

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Laura Taylor

Thu 11th Nov 2010 13:29

:D excellent!! this made me laugh a lot - great variety of communication methods there. I found myself doing a Just a Minute and looking for repetition - sorry! It wasn't there anyway :D

darren thomas

Thu 11th Nov 2010 10:30

Just read all your recent stuff Rodney. I always get to its end. Often out of intrigue but usually to enjoy your choice of words and use of language.

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