Quilt of Pennies

? Anand Bose 2004
Quilt of Pennies

Unfinished Dream of Salvador Dali-

Millions of eyes are falling out of the moon and forming an ocean of
eyes. In the ocean of human eyes, a mariner ship is moving. There's
preternatural apparition of ghostly silhouettes leaning over from the
deck. They are looking into the ocean of eyes. The readers have to
imagine with caution they have no eyelids!

The Astrologers' Horoscope -

Frank Webber writes astrology columns for the 'Daily Labyrinth'. Today
he's in his office doing the polishing touches of an astrology column
to be inserted on Friday the 13th edition, 2002.

With a click of the mouse, he's wipes his beads of sweat, as a 'by Jove
expression.' The editors of the 'Daily Labyrinth' are surprised to find
'Aries' paragraph missing. Telephoning back, they are besieged by the
silence at the other end.

On Friday the 13th 2002, the astrology column appeared as usual. The
audience reading their astrology would not be surprised by the by same
Aries column that appeared on Friday the 13th of 'Daily Labyrinth's
edition 1991.

In the obituary column, there's a news snippet about the death of a
famous astrologer Frank Webber. There's also a pictorial signature of
Webber's original signature. It was an unusual signature, just the (f)
shaped to resemble the Ankh. The (f) of Frank was shaped in way that
the head of (f)? rank curved and looped the horizontal line at the
center. Frank also had a curious way of stretching the horizontal line
of (f) sideways.

The reporter with a talent for the sound of music concocted that Frank
as usual was at his desk. After finishing all the 11 signs, he turned
to his own. Little did he know that he would collapse and remain as
eternity on the desk. The surgeon has confirmed that death occurred due
to massive cerebral hemorrhage.

Anecdote of a reader-

A person who read a book and went to sleep, felt that he could see
those areas of the book that was yet to be read. Still in sleep he
found himself as an observer, observing the self. On closer scrutiny he
became surprised at the changing of his self into another. Waking up
agitated he realized, it was a dream of a horrible book and a page in
it in which another tries to imitate Kafka and manages to do so by
changing the character into a human nail.

Andaman and Nicobar--

During day time, the visitors to those luscious islands in India don't
avoid the old cellular jails, which housed all those who were
considered to be dangerous to the foreign rule. It is a rumor that
those who visit the jails at night will be welcomed by the strange
behaviour of people who still think that the cellular jails are not a
heritage sight.

An animal lover who is inclined to visit the swamps should be humorous
to assume that there are creatures there that assume, they are really
crying! They would welcome visitors with their mouths open.