Endless possibilities

Jack (has a snort of port): Anything

Ernest: What?

Jack: I said, Anything!

Ernest (takes a sip of his whiskey): OK, I'll play. A thing, an emphasis, a range.

Jack: Mountain?

Ernest: Silvretta

Jack: God?

Ernest: XXX

Jack (another snort): Jazz?

Ernest (a second sip): Yes

Jack: Cat?

Ernest: Of course

Jack: Women?

Ernest: I met a few.

Jack: Me too.

Ernest: Bartender! Another round!

Ernest (takes a healthy pull off his new drink): Writing?

Jack: Traveling

Ernest: Fishing and hunting?

Jack: No

Ernest: Killing and war?

Jack: No

Ernest: Suicide?

Jack (lights up a Camel, takes a drag): Isn't that what we're doing here?

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Love poems with dialogue...reminds me of one of my favorites, Robert Creeley...you have us sitting at the bar with the two of them.
First cigarette I ever tried was a Camel---I hope that is not a foreshadowing.
Nicely done,
j.

[J.P.]

I used to smoke Camels. Thank you for the kind words.

[Neville]

I wonder what the Bedouins think about that .. although on second thoughts, you can smoke ham, fish, cheese and bacon I guess .. my fave was Marlboro ..

[willweb]

Very cool and entertaining dialogue filled with humor and wit and life as it is. Nice one.

[J.P.]

Thanks will. It developed quickly and was really fun to write.

[Neville]

muchly enjoyed & no end .. from one end, to'tother sir

[J.P.]

Thank you very much Neville.

[W. Barrett Munn]

Excellent work, JP.
Odd, but I read a similar poem today in Rattle, similar, but not the same.
I really like the way you formatted this idea as dialogue, which you also handled beautifully.
Congratulations. A fine piece of writing.

Winston

[J.P.]

Winston,
Thank you very much. They are my two favorite writers. I was astonished how easily she came together.
- J.P.

[light and ashes]

Wow. There is a certain ambiguous quality to it that I really love.
Random subjects..endless possiblities
Endless paths that can be walked under the wide universe, great writing.

[J.P.]

Thank you very much. I wish I could have met either of them.

[light and ashes]

Cool. and you're so very welcome.

[John the Baptist]

Darkly humorous offering here. As I read it I thought it would make a good SNL sketch.

[J.P.]

Thanks man. It was fun thinking it out.

[The_Ancient_Rock]

Ahah... very good one...

Tonight... seems like... a good night to die.

Good writing!

;)

[J.P.]

Thanks, I imagined it quickly. Hemingway and Kerouac are two of my favorites.

[The_Ancient_Rock]

Hemingway yes... Read one of his books...

He's good.

Kerouac I'm afraid I don't know yet.

Been reading Charles Baudelaire and Milton lately...

Besides all the poetry here... of course.

You're welcome!

;)

[J.P.]

Kerouac's most well known novel is On The Road. It's a good one. The Dharma Bums is my favorite of his. Milton? Paradise Lost? I'm reading Stephen Crane's short stories right now, specifically The Blue Hotel. This cafe has some solid writing.

[The_Ancient_Rock]

It sure does friend. I like this Cafe...

Yes... Paradise Lost indeed...

Still haven't read much... long book.
Can't do everything at the same time...
Sometimes I do wish...

Thanks for the tip... Maybe I'll check it out sometime.

Blessed be!!!

;)