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An Essay 'Moving To The Nose'

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ADDING TO THE NOISE AFTER He tried to suppress the grin. He really did, but with little, faceless, red men popping up and running across his music sheet, he just could not. And when he looked down, all he can see, are little red men contorting themselves, with sharp thrills of laughter, into crochets and semibreves and minims. How could he not smile when they were writing his music for him? He scanned the table and tried to pick one with a quaver for a head. Quickly he snatched a red man off the music sheet and he stroked him across the head. Suddenly he felt a wet smear of paprika across his fingers. Alarmed, he quickly checked the music sheet, hoping, hoping that nothing happened to the music sheet. And what was once filled with the …show more content…

And so, she followed the advice of her friends. A gift for a so-called ‘peace-offering’. One coupon book. Five favours. Three phone calls. One hug. NOW She looked at him. He stared right back. There were no conversations now. He did not know what to say and she did not know what to feel except anguished. She needed to feel anything, anything other than the dread of knowing that the person she once knew would eventually be gone. She needed to feel anything other than the temptation to leave him. She needed to feel anything, other than the fear of telling their daughter what her father has. And so, she laughed. She laughed at how she thought that they would bicker about who had accumulated the most salt and pepper hair. She laughed at how she thought that they would hold each other’s hands with anxiety while waiting for their daughter to give birth to their first grandchild. She laughed at how she thought that they would finally take advantage of their pensioner cards and have countless date nights at the movies. Oh, how wrong she was. And now she understood just how scary it was, that hysterical crying and hysterical laughter, sounds the same. THEN He looked at the student. What was her name? What instrument did she play? What did she just ask me? And so, he continued to stare at her. “Sorry… can you repeat that again?” “I was wondering where the snares are.” “They are in that... that thingy over there.” “The

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