METEOR SHOWER Norman B "Deviations from the Norm"

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DEFINITION: Down: Very soft tiny feathers on a duck's back; used to fill pillows, etc.. Some people ride elephants. This is to answer the age-old riddle: Q: How do you get down from an elephant? A: You don't get down from an elephant, you get down from a Comet! METEOR SHOWER by Norman B/Deviations from the Norm A field. Through a field. Passing through a field. The Earth is passing through a field Of space debris, perhaps the remnant Of some extinct comet, perhaps not. If I knew the date today, Or had a Farmer's Almanac, I'd take aim upon the name, But, as it is, I'm inexact: Orionid? Lyrid? Perseid? Streak across the sky! Shooting star! Falling star! Meteor, right? It's a meteor shower! It's been goin' on an hour, Meteor shower! One per minute for an hour! Comet down! Gobs of grey garbage in the goulash, Methinks this mess should be meatier! Birdseed bullshit in the Bulaich! I've seldom seen a stash seedier! Knee-deep in debt, dat's your lot! Knee-deep and getting needier! Steak's too high! too hard! too hot! Bad guys getting greedier! Do this, do this, THAT, do NOT! My lucid moments getting fleetier! Lovely lady lofts along c-lad in culottes, Please come sit by me, dear! It's a media shower! It's been goin' on an hour! Media shower! One per minute for an hour! Calm it down! footnotes *lines -2, -1 & 4-6: Some meteor showers are debris from the trails of comets. *line 13: A meteorite has landed on Earth. Meteroids are in space. *lines 19-20 Boo is pot. Norm Bulaich was a football hero, one of the few great Norms I knew of as a child. Birdseed is often pot seed, but pot with too many seeds isn't good. If b.s. is in the pot, it is in me, for I am the pot: You are what you eat. stage directions *lines 21-23: Palms indicate approximate "knee-deep" level, then rise steadily until overhead showing "Steak's too high." *line 25: Index finger extended to point at "this" & "that." (p)(c)2008 Norman Schulerud Bie, Jr. All rights reserved. (p)1990 Norman B (part of Deviations from the Norm). First broadcast in 1985 on WMNF 88.5 FM Tampa Community Radio. First performed live in 1988 at Arts Alive! in Ybor City: At the first Performance Gallery in Tampa's Artistic District. note from ms. socks: the shower that just peaked a few days ago was obscured by clouds in our region. the next meteor shower coming up is the orionids on october 21, 2008.