ONE MAN'S DRAFT - by CMR

2020-11-06

WE ARE HERE. HERE WE ARE. HOW ARROGANT TO THINK THAT ANY THING COULD LAST.

HOW ARROGANT WE WERE AND THERE WILL BE A TANGIBLE END PAST WHICH STORIES WILL NOT MATTER.

WHAT ARE STORIES FOR?

WHAT GOOD ARE STORIES AT THE END WHEN THE STORIES BORE US HERE? WHAT STORIES ARE WORTH REPEATING HERE AT THE END WHEN IT'S FOLLOWING THE LEAD THAT LED US TO AN ENDING POINT PAST WHICH NO STORY MAY PASS.

THEREFORE I PROPOSE A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR STORYTELLING — IN WHICH THE STORIES THAT MIGHT SUSTAIN ARE TOLD.

EVERYTHING ENDS, WE ARE AT AN END, WHAT STORIES ARE WORTH BREATH AT THE END?

WHAT STORIES ARE WORTH ANYTHING AT THE END? WHAT STORIES ARE WORTH ANY THING AT ALL?

I WANT TO TELL THE STORY THAT LETS THE OTHER STORIES CONTINUE. WHAT IS THE STORY THAT LETS STORIES CONTINUE?

THE LOOP WILL CLOSE LIKE RIPPLES IN A POND. WHAT STORIES ARE WORTH REPEATING UNTIL THEY CANNOT BE REPEATED? ALL STORIES END, HOW WITH OUR BREATH DO WE CARRY FORWARD THE STORIES THAT CARRY OUR BREATH FORWARD?

I WILL BEAR IT. I MUST BEAR IT.

I WILL CARRY FORWARD THE FIRE EVEN IF IT SHOULD BURN ME TO LIGHT A BEACON FOR THOSE WHO ARE LEFT. WHAT IS YOUR STORY FOR? DO YOU USE YOUR BREATH TO LIGHT A LIGHT? USE YOUR BREATH TO LIGHT A LIGHT. LIGHT A LIGHT. LIGHT A LIGHT. LIGHT A LIGHT. USE YOUR BREATH TO LIGHT A LIGHT OR DO NOT IMPEDE MY PATH TOWARDS MY STORY'S END.