Frazz by Jef Mallett for March 23, 2008
March 22, 2008
March 24, 2008
Transcript:
girl: Hello? Miss Plainwell? You're zoning. Miss Plainwell: I just finished "Nobody's Fool." Reading a good novel is like running a marathon. girl: But you've read it, like, three times. Miss Plainwell: I've run Boston three times, and I still walk down stairs backward the next few days. girl: You got weird after "A River Runs Through It." Is that a novel? Miss Plainwell: A novella. So let's say it's like a half-marathon. girl: "The Open Boat"? Miss Plainwell: Like a 10k, full tilt. girl: How about that ball turret gunner poem? Miss Plainwell: The 440, with the after-burners lit. girl: The owner's manual for your digital watch? Miss Plainwell: Like searching for a restroom in Manhattan.
I hadn’t read “That ball turret gunner poem”. It is The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner, a five-line poem by Randall Jarrell published in 1945.Thank you for bringing it to our attention, Mr Mallett.