Absurd Vignette

Kevyspice

The music is canned chords and patterns I pulled from EZKeys, then filtered through a plugin (Wires by AudioThing).

The story comes from a silly cartoon a buddy posted on social media, followed by my addition about saltines. The last line is one of my favorite sentences I’ve ever written.

“Mama! Papa!” says the Boy. “I have ennui!”

“Well,” says the Father, “You should have made peace with the absurdity of human existence before we left.”

The Father eventually pulls over at a frozen lake, which represents the sublime beauty of impermanence, but he is pretty annoyed about it.

“Finish your saltines and water,” says the Father.

“Or don’t,” says the Mother. “We have an unknown number of featureless miles to cover before… before…”

The Father rubs his eyes and walks over to the car.

The Sister throws a saltine onto the frozen surface of the lake and watches it disintegrate into a pile of bland mush.

The director mutters, “Cut,” but none of the people know they are in a film.