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Groundhog Day in ‘Short Film’
An episode in ‘Most Famous Short Film of All Time’
Groundhog Day 2015 is a turning point in my novel, Most Famous Short Film of All Time. Lev’s former coworker has threatened him, and he decides to confront the threat. An excerpt:
Frame #275:
Was it I who woke up one morning and realized that my former coworker was actually a giant cockroach?
Can’t taste my breakfast. As if my whiskers were lopped off, stumps sanded down. I eat a little, guided by propositional knowledge of why food is important.
Whiskers meows. “Now” or “not now”? Those are the two food-related answers that matter to her. Now. I pour kibble into the bowl and open a can to mix wet in dry, or she won’t eat. Fish oil smears across the counter near the can opener and the lamp.
I’m glad lamps are electric these days. If they still ran on fish oil, my counter would be slick all the time.
Lev digresses:
The pull-cord lamp was a thrift-store discovery. Porcelain base. Two nude, trumpeting cherubs, each saying “Allelu,” according to banners emblazoned under their toes.
It was, though tacky, a theological revelation. Not because the cherubs animated; they’re male, so they didn’t and wouldn’t. Not for…
