Yeah, I miss experimental forms today. Twas a wonderful class. So here's a little bit of craziness that I wrote in that class. Enjoy!
2050 the year the oldest legal code was written the Ur-Nammu's Code from before Christ allows for the dismissal of corrupt men protection of the poor giving testimony under oath and the ability of judges to order damages be paid to a victim by the guilty party he enters the bathroom after hearing the toilet flush the stand a foot apart both naked he sees a spot of blood on the floor the effect of the broken lamp they ignored he asks her to come back to bed she remains frozen he apologizes for not using a condom she puts the birth control back in her medicine cabinet
644 the year of parties or religions whatever you choose to call it the new worship practice Tokoyonomushi introduced this year in Japan we now promote worshipping a worm drinking sake dancing in the streets and giving away money
1900 Escalator invented by Charles Seeberger. Paperclip patented by Norwegian Johann Vaaler. Loudspeaker invented by Horace Short. Charlotte Cooper becomes the first woman to win an Olympic gold, for tennis.
969 Earliest recorded mention of playing cards, found in China. Cairo, Egypt, found by Fatimid Dynasty Shiite Muslims.
1920 the year the average lifespan of a human finally exceeded that of a goldfish. first time in recorded history humans lived longer than fish before humans only lived 48.4 years goldfish 50 the time he threw her shirt across the room it landed on the floor without a sound the bra hit the lamp and it fell off the dresser pieces of ceramic scattered on the floor he sucked her breast roughly when she tried to move to clean it
325 in bed, unable to sleep him snoring beside her the sheet barely covering his naked body thinking about her trip to the wine store twelve hours earlier trying to pick out the finest bottle of wine vintage of course to make the night even more special she knew this would be the night that their lives changed also the year the oldest bottle of wine in the world was made found inside a Roman sarcophagus in 1867 having been there at the vineyard since 325 A.D. the two handles form in the shape of dolphins the only bottle that still had the wine inside a silty sediment that hardly seems drinkable after so many years some wine doesn’t get better with age
2000 the year of the pill or something like the pill contraceptives necessary when it comes to one-night-stands or sensual excursions on a luxury boat floating down the Nile crocodile dung was first used by the Egyptians in 2000 B.C. to prevent pregnancy imagine Cleopatra’s men harvesting this from along the banks the crocs watching with their eyes just above the water also the time of night when she decided not to take her pill standing in front of the bathroom sink naked alternating her gaze from her face in the mirror to the tiny pills she would soon flush down the toilet
1350 Drinking chocolate made by Aztecs.
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