Errors and Omissions, a Funny Story
During a non-psychotic break, Alice observed the head doctors tripping. Poor lost souls who had fallen down the rabbit hole, they’d evidently forgotten the subtle logic of their hearts, so trapped in frantic mind games devoid of reality, and what is worse, they’d forgotten to check the facts. Alice smiled and sipped a cup of tea with the Cheshire Cat. As usual, the Cheshire Cat smiled in return.
Alice scratched her head. Perhaps the Cheshire Cat knew more than she. Smiling might be the only logical response to nonsense. Alice smiled while the head-tripping head doctors tripped, stumbled and fell, now five levels down the rabbit hole. Always curious, Alice peered into the ever-widening space, down five levels of the rabbit hole. The Cheshire Cat remained in his chair, sipping his tea, complacent and smiling. But Alice could not resist the temptation to stare and take notes.
What? The Red Queen, now on a rampage, chasing the tripping head doctors with potions and wielding her silver baton like a sword. “Off with your heads,” she shrieked. Alice sighed and looked back at her tea party companion, the Cheshire Cat. The Cat still smiled. Alice sighed. Then suddenly, so abruptly, the Cheshire Cat opened a door he created in thin air. The Mad Hatter entered. The Mad Hatter accepted a cup of tea from the Cheshire Cat and gulped it down, wiping his lips with a brisk brush of his hand, then motioned to Alice to sit down with her companions. Alice sighed. She returned to her chair and smiled like the Cheshire Cat.
“So you now see,” the Mad Hatter announced like a professor.
@ Katherine Posselt 1998
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