Six Words
Posted on March 19, 2008
Filed Under self interview, meme, resolutions, challenges |
I knew it was only a matter of time before it caught up with me. And no I’m not talking about this year’s version of the flu or heroin addiction or the guy whose car I sort of scratched with the grocery cart on Saturday, I’m talking about the dreaded six-word-memoir meme that has been circulating since Smith Magazine began their contest and published their compilation, Not Quite What I Was Planning.
I’ve been sort of hanging out behind the potted plants and walking in dark shadows hoping this one might pass me by but Holly from June Cleaver Nirvana has slipped up beside me and quietly placed the baton in my hand. I considered sprinting off in the direction of the spectators screaming I’m not worthy. Because I’m afraid that my six words won’t make good company for those bits of brilliance already written by Nora Ephron and Dave Eggers and Hemingway. Hemingway for God’s sake! And I’ve never completed a thought in only six words in my life. I’m nothing if not verbose. My life is only just a quarter of the way through (I hope) and six words seems like one-sixteenth of a thing I might have to say about that 25 percent of the life I’ve already lived. Damn. This promises to break me in two. I’ll share my favorites from the video clip over at Smith:
Revenge is Living Well Without You - Joyce Carol Oates
Thought I Would have More Impact - Kevin Clark
I Still Make Coffee For Two - Zak Nelson
Never Really Finished Anything But Cake - Carletta Perkins
And now my own bits of drivel:
Surprised To Say, Where Am I?
Missteps, Compromises, With More To Come
Not Entirely An Unmitigated Disaster
It’s Safe To Say - Deceivingly Unspectacular
This Too Shall Pass, And Quickly
But definitely the one I offer up as the ultimate encapsulation:
Not to Worry, It Will Change
So those of you not rushing towards the exits, grab a seat, stay awhile. Give us YOUR six words.
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