For Hour 8, I went with the text prompt.
Our Hero sets out
on a quest
and has a series of wacky adventures
until we get to the end of the book
But I’ve forgotten how it ends
Usually, I forget bits that happen
in the middle
with all that plot happening
it’s hard to keep track of details
But they say the journey is the thing
So here I am
the forgetful reader
remembering either how the story goes
or how the story ends
Douglas Adams once said
of his famous 42 as the answer
to the question of life, the universe, and everything
that we can know the question
or we can know the answer
but we don’t get to know both
I understand now
26 June 2021
What a lovely way of forgetting the idea of remembering what you read! Including the wonderful Douglas Adams quote only serves to highlight the fact that sometimes we can’t really make sense of anything! I love that you have a choice of ‘remembering either how the story goes/or how the story ends’ which adds an air of mystery to both the journey and the conclusion – a true reflection of life!
Thanks! I went to a book reading he did at the University of Washington in 1993. Of course, somebody asked about 42, and that observation was his answer.