In a glass case, on a shelf in a jar, is all that remains
of a woman named
Tansy Arvensis.
How is it that Tansy
- you might ask-
who once performed as
a Fire Breather, a Sword Swallower and Trapeze Artist for a Traveling Circus ended up in a jar on a shelf in a museum?
- In addition -
you might wonder
how is it that all that is left of Tansy is a head in jar with a single horn sprouting from the side of her head?
And you may question
why is it that Tansy’s eyes are sometimes closed and sometimes opened and sometimes her mouth is twisted in rage and her neat white teeth and her dark red lips are pushed up against the glass and at other times she is facing the wall?
How would someone like me
-you might wonder-
an unremarkable woman, living an unremarkable life in an unremarkable town called Mountlake Terrace ever have known a person like Tansy?
and
how is it that this unremarkable woman came to know what happened to Tansy
on that night Tansy lost her head?
What a silly question.
You should really be asking why is it that an unremarkable woman living an unremarkable life in an unremarkable town
isn’t the one
whose head is in a jar.
I can’t get the image of her mouth pressed up against the glass out of my head…goosebumps…preserved human remains…you seem to have a theme here AMM
By: Chefleur on June 8, 2008
at 5:38 am
Hehehehehe,
And I don’t need to wonder if a certain woman knows that the seeds of the tansy plant are poisonous?
Excellent Anita, excellent!!
By: gwenguin1 on June 8, 2008
at 7:15 am
Loved the way you presented this visually and with nothing but questions. You are so weirdly cool.
BTW–If I never mentioned it–I think the picture you use for your header is outstanding.
I’d rather not mention the picture that goes with the story. Where the heck do you find these things?
Barbara
By: porchsitter on June 8, 2008
at 2:19 pm
Tansy I mean Anita Marie – How did she get out of the jar and over to the computer to post this story? That’s what I want to know! Kerry
By: kvwordsmith on June 8, 2008
at 3:03 pm
Wow! This one’s creepy, a head in a jar that changes expression. eeek! Well written, m’dear.
Vi
By: woodnymph on June 8, 2008
at 3:22 pm
Awesome, as usual. Heh heh heh!
People with horns on their heads are generally cool. It’s a growth similar to fingernails, from what I’ve read.
Of course, I dunno how Tansy’s head ended up in a jar. But I know you do!
By: jodhiay on June 13, 2008
at 10:23 pm