This is a novel written in prose poetry. It contains a collection of 201 vignettes of various forms. The vignettes are interlaced, connected, linked to form an impression, to tell a story. The story is that of an ordinary modern man who handles many of life struggles with humor, emotion, and scientific rigor.
Excerpt
Graduation Day
There she was, my little girl, walking up the podium. She looked pure and fresh in graduation white gown. Flashing through my mind though was her nakedness, pure and fresh like the white gown. Many years she had sat quietly while I talked about birds-and-bees. I handed the diploma, not without regrets. Shes graduated, Gone!
One Autumn Morning
She had walked through my classroom’s door books in hand. I had barely noticed her, one in student multitudes. Then, those piercing eyes, they bore deep into my soul as I explained about blue of sky, how light waves were refracted, bent, to appear blue. “Is light truly a wave?” “I’m not sure. I was told it was. I’ve never verified whether it is or not. I believed those who said it was. So I repeat. Simply.
Copyright 2008 Bora B. Lee. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author.
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