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and so begins the tale

 

yad remmus enO’

a butterfly lit upon a

,detser dna rewolf

fanning its wings gently.

 

derrits ria ehT

waved

ezeerb a emaceb

 a wind

a elag  mrots a

a mighty force of

!noitcurtseD dna htaeD

Hurricane!

!noonhpyT

Cyclone!

‘yhpargoeg no gnidneped

 

“STOP, I say, stop this stupid story.

!ecneloiv hcum ooT   !potS

Reverse. Rewind at once. “

….

veeerrs….. wreidn

….

“No, you blithering idiot.  Not Scramble!

 !dniweR

Back to the  beginny thingy –

‘yltneg sgniw sti gninnaf…ad …ad..eed…ad’

Ahh – new tack - the Food Chain - great suspense

;drazil gnitnuh a retnE

… or a cruising vulture  -quite droll -

“!ylfrettub nmad eht LLIK

 

“But SirmamMamSir  - that’s just a different

“ .C.P-non yrev -  tceffe dna esuac

“So sue me.  You stand in my shoes!

!guhmuB  !haB  ?laroM ?larutaN ?lageL !SWAL

I WRITE THE STORY.

fo ecirp eht rof tnaw uoy od tahW

a butterfly?

nonsense comp

◄ Thank you, Horace Walpole

Chatting With Ari ►

Comments

tony sheridan

Sat 12th Jan 2013 10:17

This is great stuff! More in this style please. Take care, Tony.

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Gus Jonsson

Mon 19th Mar 2012 23:54

Great Stuff Cynthia... give us all something to reflect upon....

Thanks for commenting on my old pile of nonesense... youre very kind.

Yes I can be a wee bit barbed...

But present company always accepted !!!
xxx
Gus

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Sat 17th Mar 2012 17:32

Thanks, Laura, got it. But this isn't exactly 'mirror' writing, just the regular letters put in reverse order, reading from left to right. My computer can't write 'mirror'; but, as I used my pencil, my fingers began reverse letter-shaping almost automatically. Weird.
I cringe because I was not sure how far I should stretch 'nonsense'. Yes, Winston, I did know that - Greek, wasn't it?

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Andy N

Sat 17th Mar 2012 10:11

barely understood this, Cynthia on first readings but i love a good challenge so more readings to come - lol x

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Isobel

Fri 16th Mar 2012 22:37

You've given me a headache - maybe I should have tried reading it with a mirror - it would make an unusual performance piece ;)

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kealan coady

Fri 16th Mar 2012 18:09

excellent stuff cynth, a bit different/ experimental which definitely struck a cord with me at the minute. really hope to see more of this on wol, not enough originallity around. but this is deadly.

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winston plowes

Fri 16th Mar 2012 15:15

Cynthia, Did you know that this is a form of the ancient Boustrophedon style writing? A very interesting subject. Win

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Laura Taylor

Fri 16th Mar 2012 13:17

!dnineR - should that be !dniwer ?

I liked this - unusual take on the theme, and have always quite enjoyed mirror writing anyway - was one of the many ways I used to write in a diary. Why do you cringe?

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Fri 16th Mar 2012 11:46

I cringe.

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