Thursday, May 10, 2007

multiple choice

Which of the following is most likely to drive a writer working at home stark raving mad?

a. The all day beep-beep-beeping of bulldozers backing up combined with the upsettingly loud, non-stop sound of explosions and crashes of who knows what? at the construction site right next to where he lives.

b. The terrible screams of cats fucking and fighting under the apartment.

c. The fruit flies swarming in the kitchen.

d. The upstairs neighbors' heavy-footed thudding back and forth across the apartment.

e. All of the above.

2 comments:

Shannon T Leonard said...

Noisy bulldozers, fucking/fighting cats, swarming flies and un-neighborly thudding ALONE do not make writers (or anyone, for that matter) mad. I'm sure it's a combo of a, b, c, d and potentially e. Breathe.....

Unknown said...

I have always loved the words stark raving mad.