Jun 29, 2023
I’m in the room. I think I must let go of many things. I’m so attached. I can feel the effects. I’ve wanted to be famous for so long. Ever since I can remember. Ever since I was a little boy on Glenmore. I don’t know why. I need to let go of that. I’ve always known that being famous isn’t what I’d expect. I know that I’d get it and then feel not all that into it. So why have I wanted it so bad? For the last few years I've been obsessed with getting famous at 24, because that’s when John Lennon and Kurt Cobain got famous. I’m 24 now and lately I’ve felt so much pressure from myself. It’s such a part of my identity. It informs so much about how I see myself, the world, and my place in it. I want to start letting go of that. I don’t need that expectation for myself.
Have you ever seen the sun? The way it reflects across the water? It lights up all the frogs. It makes them blind. I’ve seen this first hand. It makes me sick. I went looking for a doctor because those frogs needed my help. I walked into the back of a deli and found my man. He was operating on a cow. I walked up behind him and poked his butt. He turned around and looked at me in delight.
“Hello, son!” He said. “How can I help you?”
“I’m in need of a helping hand. Can you come with me? I need you to save the frogs.”
“What’s wrong with them?” Asked the doctor.
“They’re getting burned. I haven’t seen this kind of violence in a long time. Can you help me?”
The doctor set down his tools and whispered words of love into the cow’s ear. Then he stroked its head.
So ten days later we finally arrived at the pond. I realized we were too late. There was a big tent with a chimney. There was black smoke billowing into the sky.
“What’s that smell?” Asked the doctor.
“I have a bad feeling.”I responded. We walked into the tent and found skewers upon skewers of roasted frogs.
“What’s going on here?” Screamed the doctor. He was panicking.
“Chef Ramsay got here first,” I cried, pointing towards a stove. Chef Ramsay was leading a team of chefs. They were roasting my precious frogs. I fell to the floor in a heap of horror. I moaned and wailed. The doctor lifted my up and threw me over his shoulders. He carried me to his house and took care of me.