{"id":450,"date":"2013-02-12T21:08:28","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T21:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/requitedarchive.wordpress.com\/?p=450"},"modified":"2021-08-04T19:20:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T19:20:10","slug":"notes-for-a-play-solitaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/2013\/02\/12\/notes-for-a-play-solitaire\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes for a Play: Solitaire"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man sits by the window with a cup of tea and a deck of cards, waiting for a tuna casserole in oven 325 degrees, snow falls outside.<\/p>\n

First Deal (left to right): ten black, four black, King red, ten red, three red, seven black, Queen black<\/em><\/p>\n

Queen black on King red, turn six red, six red on seven black, turn two red, red three on four
\nblack, turn King red;
\nDeal five black, five black on six red, turn nine black, nine black on ten red, turn nine red, nine
\nred on ten black;
\ndeal Queen black, Queen black on King red, turn five red, no move;
\nDeal Jack black, no move;
\nDeal three red, no move;
\nDeal four black, no move;
\nDeal two black, two black on three red, turn ten black, no move;
\nDeal King black, no move;
\nDeal five black, no move;
\nDeal eight black, eight black on none red, turn five red, no move;
\nDeal queen red, no move;
\nDeal five red, no move;
\nDeal nine black, no move;
\nDeal Jack black, no move;
\nDeal Jack red, Jack red on Queen black, turn Jack red, Jack red on Queen black, turn King black,
\nblack ten-red-nine-black eight on Jack red, King black to open space, turn Jack black, no move;
\nDeal Jack black, no move;
\nDeal five black, no move;
\nDeal seven black, no move;
\nDeal six black, no move;
\nDeal eight red, eight red on nine black, turn five red, no move;
\nDeal ten black, no move;
\nDeal five black, no move;
\nDeal seven black, seven black on eight red, turn five red, no move;
\nDeal six black, no move;
\nDeal four black, no move;
\nDeal four red, four red on five black, turn ten black, ten black on Jack red, turn nine black, no
\nmove;
\nDeal five black, no move;
\nDeal Jack black, no move;
\nDeal three red, no move;
\nDeal nine black, no move;
\nDeal five black, no move; game over.<\/p>\n


\nThe man turns to the window and watches a black dog play with its human friend in the park across the street, snow continues to fall, the park lamps illuminate. He sips the tea, and deals again.<\/p>\n

Second Deal: Queen red, two red, King Red, ten black, four black, seven black, eight red.<\/em><\/p>\n

Seven black on eight red, turn Queen black, Queen black on King red, turn five red, four black
\non five red, turn three black, two red on three black, turn ace black, to pot, move king red to open space, turn nine red, nine red on ten black, turn two black, no move;
\nDeal King black, no move;
\nDeal eight black, eight black on nine red, turn Queen red, no move;
\nDeal two red, no move;
\nDeal eight red, no move;
\nDeal Queen black, no move;
\nDeal ace red, ace red to pot, two red to pot, turn three red, three red to pot, turn four black, no
\nmove;
\nDeal Jack red, Jack red on Queen black, turn ace red, ace red to pot, turn ten red, ten black-nine
\nred-eight black on Jack red, turn seven black, no move;
\nDeal ten black, no move;
\nDeal King black, no move;
\nDeal five red, no move;
\nDeal Jack red, no move;
\nDeal six black, no move;
\nDeal six red, six red on seven black, turn three black, no move;
\nDeal ten black, no move;
\nDeal King black, no move;
\nDeal five red, no move;
\nDeal Jack red, no move;
\nDeal six black, no move;
\nDeal four black, no move;
\nDeal ten black, no move; Game over. <\/p>\n

The man returns to the window and the park; the dog and its companion are gone. Smoke billows across from stage-left. The man turns, languidly, almost expectedly, into it, but does not move. Curtain.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

AKP:<\/strong> Museum of Thrown Objects <\/em>(BlazeVox 2010); My Worth<\/em> (Black Lodge Press, 2010); Between Here & the Telescopes<\/em> (w\/Elizabeth Guthrie; Slumgullion, 2008). Some recent journals: The Offending Adam, Dusie, <\/em>and The A sh Anthology<\/em> (Fact-Simile Press). MFA: Naropa U. BA: The Geo. Wash. U. Co-founder\/editor: Livestock Edition<\/em>s. Currently: living: Mass. Reading: Hannah Weiner, Philip Whalen, Carla Harryman. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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