1. Name a character --- JAMIE
2. Two adjectives about that character -- LOVING, HATING
3. A geographical location that the character reminds you of -- DESERT
4. Six verbs ("ing" - participial form) descriptive of that character -- CRYING, DRINKING, WHORING, BLAMING, DENYING, DESTROYING
5. A color -- PURPLE
6. A flower -- CACTUS
7. An emotion-- SADNESS
8. A "climate" word -- WHIRLPOOL
Second Stanza
9. How that character treats others (verbs, adverbs) -- CRUELLY, LOVINGLY
10. A color -- RED
11. A time of day or night (any "time" word) -- MIDNIGHT
12. Six verbs about how people react to the character -- LUSTING, PITYING, ADMIRING, LAUGHING, BEING ANGRY AT, SORROWING OVER
13. An animal -- OSTRICH
14. What that animal does (or tries to do) to those around it -- BURIES THEM WHILE BURYING HIMSELF
15. Your feelings towards that animal -- PITY
Third stanza
16. Restate the character’s name -- JAMIE
17. Rename the character (a title, a descriptive nickname, whatever) -- YOUNG OEDIPUS
18. A taste -- BITTER
19. A food -- CHOCOLATE
20. Four adjectives to describe the character’s future -- DEFEATED, BEATEN, DEAD, LOST
21. The character’s ending -- I AM NO MORE
Jamie - filled with love, filled with hate
an arid desert,
drinking, whoring, blaming, crying denying,
SELF-DESTRUCTING,
a purple cactus flower,
royal and beautiful and dry.
Sadness,
a whirlpool of sadness.
He treats his world
with cruel love.
A red river flowing at midnight.
Those he meets are
laughing, lusting, admiring,
but pitying, feeling anger,
feeling sorrow.
The ostrich tries to bury himself
(and, in the process, others),
and we pity the ostrich.
Pity.
Jamie
Young Oedipus
the taste of bitter chocolate
alcohol that burns.
Defeated, beaten, dead,
lost
I am no more
My name is
Might Have Been.
Simon,
a waterfall of generosity,
of compassion
sympathizing, providing, all-loving, all-caring,
suffering,
dying.
A deep blue rose sad
yet beautiful
falling, falling, falling
the dying autumnal leaves of Simon.
Sensitive to Piggy,
fearless of Jack
helpful to Ralph
feeding the littleuns.
A crimson heart -
broken
too mature, too fearless, too good.
They think he’s batty
don't listen. don't learn
do kill.
A dove of peace, an owl of wisdom, an unsuccessful teacher.
My heart screams out at his unappreciated goodness.
Simon
young Jesus,
sweet salt.
A curing agent
unable to cure.
Misunderstood,
prophetic,
martyr-killed
but still alive
in my heart,
my soul.
Blanche - confused, broken,
an empty blackhole
pretending, deceiving, hurting, desiring, soliciting ,molesting.
Formerly white;
formerly Grey
a weed-choked, Stan-choked,
Mitch-choked
fading pink carnation.
A hurricane of hurt.
Still somewhat innocent
still somewhat naive,
Miss White
(but not with the candlestick in the conservatory)
a chilling, wintry
nightfall, a victim of mistrust, gossip, laughed-at, put down,
even raped.
A chameleon,
a slimy lizard
changing colors from white
to gray
to red,
also changing stories,
trying to change her image.
I feel sorrow;
I feel pity.
Blanche
Scarlett O'Hara -
but with no Butler,
stale bread,
champagne with no bubbles,
growing old, falling apart,
victimized
ALONE,
DOOMED
to be unloved,
even by herself.
There is no Shep Huntleigh.
Megs -
simply, uncultured
but a life-refreshing,
cool, mountain pool.
Giving to others,
hurting to self,
trying to deal with his past
(broken windows and cut hands)
being funny,
being a good friend, a lovely MAN.
Exposing Martha’s beauty
(inner beauty too),
a grey depth of past darkness
dissolving into a brilliant vermilion
sunrise.
Dave is jealous and angry;
(sort of),
but Bobby’s not.
Megs is too alive for Davey.
Martha is trusting, mothering,
wanting to love-blossom.
Joseph Megessey,
a little black puppy
not totally house-broken
innocent
faithful
might run away
but always comes home
even after rejection
and hurt.
Megs,
modern Don Quixote,
a sticky-sweet, Martha-catching syrup, still confused,still hurting,
dumber 'n paint,
but a brilliant soul,
a Martha/David Savior.
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