Little Mr. Prose Poem by Russell Edson

Author:Russell Edson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BOA Editions Ltd.

He hears the circus manager ordering someone to get some matches.

The dwarves are complaining that the clown hasn’t answered the riddle of the Sphinx yet.

The fat lady’s other foot comes through the ceiling. She must have eaten something else …

The thin man has forced one of his feet through the keyhole …

At the end, laughter and applause …

The clown curtsies, and begins to destroy a large liver again …

Monkey-Overstreet’s Lovely Surprise

The officers go into the monkey house and arrest monkey-Jim. The zoo keeper, trying to be as poignant as he can, says, why are you putting handcuffs on monkey-Jim?

I’m sorry, but we have an arrest warrant on monkey-Jim.

Oh, but that’s not monkey-Jim, that’s monkey-Charlie.

Well, where is monkey-Jim?

That’s monkey-Jim—no, that’s monkey-Jim … No, wait, that one’s monkey-Jim … Sorry, that’s monkey-Sam. There’re too many monkeys, I can’t tell which one is monkey-Jim.

Well, we’ll just pick one at random, they all look alike, who’s to know the difference?

But they all have names. If you take monkey-Elmer and call him monkey-Jim he’ll think you’re talking to somebody over his shoulder and won’t confess. If you happen to take monkey-Overstreet the same thing’ll happen.

Yes, that’s true, say the officers, that’s no fun. No one can expect monkey-Elmer or monkey-Overstreet to confess to monkey-Jim’s crime … unless we torture them. Yeah, but that kind of a confession never seems sincere; sincerity is really important with confessions …

Well, officers, what can be done?

I guess we’ll just have to torture monkey-Elmer …

You’re not going to leave monkey-Overstreet out, are you?

The officers say among themselves, we can’t leave monkey-Overstreet out, not after building up his hopes … Okay, they say, monkey-Overstreet can confess to monkey-Jim’s crimes, too.

Oh, what a lovely surprise for monkey-Overstreet!

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