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half a sonnet - an ode to my water bottle that keeps falling over

That tall metal shard should stand tall, and yet it quivers like a fricking dog which stands In an earthquake that it will soon forget. Both scream for rescue from the sinking sands. Then down! The shard, it twirls, it drops. It fails to float, falls short of the white swan; she can die with grace, why can’t it stay up? And not trail on the floor, crash like dropped cymbals, I cry.

Dramatic Monologue All rights belong to The Incredibles Movie (night)

  260 days ago -  Mr and Mrs Incredible, and then some, sit near me, talking their talk. They know us, costumed children: Two strut like men, draped in urban regalia. One’s head is covered by a woven sea. A short, fat, male Snow White twirls on the concrete. Multitudes stand nearby. Yet black thread obscures my skin, and a knockoff emerald rests on my throat. 260 days forward hisses, ashamed, “inept sloth!” She watches my figure lie on the cold stone, but I don’t care right now. My shoes point at The Incredibles, and my mind’s in a  sacred cat’s land. I bet you’ll never see this in the photos. But they do today. A mere blink later, I am with them as we dance together, as a deafening bass pulses through all of our hearts. Do you not feel it? I know they can. Surely, even 260 days later, they'll still recall this night, like I will. The Incredibles, maybe they’ll be working, playing, getting crushed under the mountain of life, I don’t know. But oh, how we flew tonight! Soon...