the abyss means...

'You are completely wrapped in cling-film,' I say.

'You win the bet,' says Roy, muffled. 'Now unwrap me.'

'Not for several hours.'

'Ah.'

I sit and admire my handiwork for a long time. So as not to make the ordeal unpleasant for him we make small talk on topical subjects, Roy somewhat muffled. At some point I must leave him to attend to Jetta's needs. When I return I find he has hopped out of my house, still wrapped in cling-film. The loss leaves me broken and pitiful. He never calls me. He sends no tickets. The police come and reprimand me. Jetta is taken away, although I get her back after a complicated legal process.

Ulli's Roy Orbison In Clingfilm Website by Michael Kelly (via MeFi)

Fantastic stuff.

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Oh I concur. Fantastic stuff! The sheer genius of wrapping up Roy Orbison in clingfilm is beyond my ability to describe. The literary skill of the writer puts Sam Coleridge to shame! I stand in *awe* of such twisted imagination.

Bill on April 17, 2003 04:02 PM

I think that if I didn't know it was deliberate metafiction I would be in *awe* of the Ulli's writing technique too!

Damn good thing he doesn't exist.

joh on April 17, 2003 04:14 PM