By The Guppy
Date: 18 October 1999

moonville

love
if i could paint a picture of heaven, it would be that feeling...
love all laid out in brushstrokes of oil-based beauty
it'd be pretty abstract though
a good mixture of brights and darks
smiles and tears
with a rollercoaster thrown in there for good measure
and probably some plants...just because i like them
it's weird being the man on the moon
don't remember how i got here
guess i just woke up, looked around, saw a bunch of craters...
found it difficult to breath and extremely cold...and decided that's where i am
moonville
it's not all bad...a pretty cool view from here...
get to watch everybody living their lives
loving their wives
and on a really clear night i can even see people's t.v. sets...
usually not much good on though...
the black and white movies are the best
they come through the clearest
i am kinda on to the game of it all though...
they just call them black and white to get you to watch...
because you think they'll provide some clear-cut answers for you
if you look closely, you'll realize they're all grey
it's kinda sneaky of them to do that, but i still like them
moonville
how did i get here?
it's not possible to just wake up somewhere...is it?
i guess it could be...maybe i learned dream travel or something
no...why would i dream of here?...i'd dream of someplace else
probably heaven
or the sunny side of love street
over easy i tell ya
moonville is a weird place...
i first woke up...looked around...and saw a big "x" on the ground
underneath it was the caption "you are here"
i just kinda stared blankly at that for about 2 years 
mostly because i thought it said "you are her"...
that kinda freaked me out
if you heard some strange noise coming from the moon, that was probably me...
there were a few times when i just screamed into space
"what the heck does that mean???"
sorry about that
"you are here"...great...thanks for the tip...great insight
what kind of weird sense of humor do these moon people have?
no reference point...no little map to look at and get oriented with
no north arrow...i suppose north wouldn't help me much here on the moon
it would still be nice to see though...just so i know it still exists somewhere
where are all the people?
how did i get here?
was it my choice?
i kinda miss my jackass cat...
we never did get along very well...he didn't like me...and i didn't like him
we did have a pretty good understanding of each other though
guess that's why i miss him
he was a companion...maybe not the ideal...and maybe not by choice
but, he was always there
he probably still is there
i'll have to look for him during the next clear night
"you are here"...hmmmm...that matches the tattoo on my heart
i always thought it was way more symbollic than a ring
i've had some people try to convince me i'm wrong about that
how do i argue that?
"girl, let me show you my tattoo"...
that line is infinitely more substantial when i use it
oh...i bet that's what happened...the whole infinity thing...the theory
i bet that forever and infinity kinda ganged up on me...
don't know why...i never used their names in vain or anything
i bet that's it
infinity is pissed off at me...so, it tried to pull me into itself
guess the moon just got in the way somehow
i guess i should feel lucky...it was a close call
on further review, the play stands though
why is it pissed off at me?...i don't care...it's wrong for that
i still have faith in it
even if it's trying to kill me
it's not going to succeed
up with me, i say
i hope that doesn't happen again
it's going to be a long walk home