duncan | excerpts



Livin' On A Prayer Plant
[September 25, 2007]
John Paul the Third is a fascinating plant. He raises his leaves at night and then lowers them in the day. He's living with me on a temporary loan, to see if we hit it off... but I'm not sure it's going to work out. Apparently, he has a thing for 80's cheese rockers.

To Be New
[August 2, 2006]
I was paging through some pictures I took a few years ago, and my gaze fell upon a picture of you. You were nearly three times your current height; so overgrown, no doubt burdened by the weight of your years.

I Blamed You, But Now...
[July 11, 2006]
I'll take your lack of response as your way of saying you have at least a basic understanding of a color wheel.

Brokeback Flower Pot
[April 29, 2006]
If you can't fix it, Duncan, then you've got to stand it. I know that. I guess I just gotta stand it. I wish I knew how to quit you.

It's Not You, It's... Well, OK. It's You
[March 9, 2006]
But then, one day, I began to realize you weren't playing it cool at all. In fact, you overgrown green moldy-potted son of a bitch, I began to realize that you've been ignoring me all this time.

Duncan's Tale
[May 7, 2004]
It was a long quiet ride home. Not that I expected my plant to speak to me - but if he 'could have', he still wouldn't have... though I swear I heard him singing Depeche Mode at one point: "Death is everywhere..."


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