by
Jaye B.
For years I've been trying to get an NEA grant to help realize a project of mine: to dig up the skeletons of all of my previous human incarnations and put each one individually on flatcars, all joined together to form a very long train. The skeletal remains are then wired together so they are all interconnected and standing on their own. I'm in the engine driving the train and people can see all the skeletons from my past lives such as when I was the poet Arthur Rimbaud and when I was Emperor Crassus back in Roman days. As I drive this train, I announce through loudspeakers that reincarnation was eradicated from the Christian faith by the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D.
I have yet to figure out who will occupy the caboose of my morbid gravy train. I guess it will be my very first humanoid incarnation on this planet back in Australopithecus days or thereabouts.
I'm now trying to find some leftist spin to color my grant proposal with to ensure a greater chance of actually getting the grant. I could claim I was Karl Marx and have his skeleton on one of the flatcars.
Any suggestions?
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Jaye B. is a writer, musician and artist. His art criticism has appeared in Art Paper, New North Artscape, Art Muscle, Northfield Magazine and elsewhere. His articles have also appeared in City Pages, Twin Cities Reader, Mysteries Magazine, Fahrenheit San Diego, High Plains Reader, New Dawn and Rain Taxi. He has appeared on BBC Radio, WGN Chicago, WLW Cincinnati and elsewhere in the mediasphere to discuss his work. Please help support Reset News @ Paypal, Cash App or contact the author for other options @ jayeb444@protonmail.com