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THE INCIDENTAL READER ASKS: Who are you? Use only nouns and short phrases as to seem intriguing and worthy of my attention.
IN-A-CAVE REPLIES: A male. A youth of twenty years. A university student. A reluctant artist. An Ilocano. An Edmontonian. A Filipino-Canadian. A newsprint collector. An idealist. A sloth. An avid listener of music. A brother. A night owl. A lonely heart. A Roman Catholic. An ethnic dancer. An introvert. A volunteer. A reader of literature, whatever that might mean. A son. A humanitarian. A scientist-in-the-making. A fool. A casual consumer of foods. A romantic. A nerd. A multi-millionaire—
THE INCIDENTAL READER INTERJECTS: Really?
IN-A-CAVE REPLIES: No.
THE INCIDENTAL READER REPLIES: Oh. Okay, continue.
IN-A-CAVE CONTINUES: A gentile. A daydreamer. An oddball. A blind man. A concerned citizen. A dog person, if forced to choose. An agent of change. A trickster. A sometime hypocrite that’s working on it. A learner. A friend. A curious mind, I guess. A creator. A destroyer. A lover, not a fighter (but that’s a bit vague). A mass of acids, hormones, neurotransmitters, macromolecules. A helping hand. An internet user. A cliché or two. A censor, a constant reviser. A follower, but also a leader. A godfather. An employee. A solitary individual or an imagined loner, perhaps. An actor on some stage. A convoluted writer, if that’s not already apparent. A former cartographer. An adherent. An aspirer. A seeker. A human being, yeah?
[Pause.]
So…
THE INCIDENTAL READER STATES: Yeah, that is quite enough.
IN-A-CAVE SIGHS: Okay, good.
THE INCIDENTAL READER SAYS: Thank you.
IN-A-CAVE REPLIES: Sure.
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Footnote:
I am not static, so don’t expect any of this to be.
