That song triggers a visceral memory from college -- or maybe the memory triggers me hearing the song? (Side note: brains are magical plastic places; a little weird, too.) At any rate, I'm hunkered down in the dive movie theater just off campus, and the newly released Reservoir Dogs is lighting up the screen. As guitars strum a lilting rhythm, actor Tom Sizemore (Brain, why do you remember that name??) prepares to do some slicing of his own. I sit fascinated and horrified by a movie unlike any I've seen before. I leave the theater jittery. The film's blend of banter and brutality between a cast of literally colorful characters has me vibrating like an iron filing in the middle of two magnetic poles.
I wonder: Could that simile be effective enough to end this slice right there, fittingly in the middle? In the eye of the ides?
The line "has me vibrating like an iron filing in the middle of two magnetic poles" is going to stick with me. So much playfulness in this post... it's a treat.
ReplyDeleteThe line "has me vibrating like an iron filing in the middle of two magnetic poles" is going to stick with me. So much playfulness in this post... it's a treat.
ReplyDeleteAfter bringing up Reservoir Dogs (oh my), your simile is a fitting end to the post. My brain does bring up strange connections more than I sometimes want it to.
ReplyDeleteI've enjoyed your posts this month. They always make me think in some way, whether it's the playful use of words or the ideas themselves. Nicely done...half way there!
ReplyDeleteOnce again, your writing takes me to new places in my thinking. I always enjoy your play on words and your creative ideas. Half way there!!
ReplyDeleteUmmm. Yes. That is a perfect ending.
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