The Vomiting Feather

The Vomiting Feather. (Social media post screenshot.)

"The Vomiting Feather" is a short poem by Karl Jones.

The Vomiting Feather

Context: "things that make you sick"

A: "Oh, man, I just ate five donuts, and I feel sick."

B: "If I had my vomiting feather, I'd share it with you."

• https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1385969268651610112 @ Twitter ()

Mission transcript

FIVE DONUTS AND A FEATHER

CAPTAIN:
Clear the esophagus!  Prepare for reverse peristalsis!  

On my mark ... steady ... steady ...

Now, Mister Feather—!  Tickle—!  

WEAPONS OFFICER FEATHER:
Tickling! 

Ejecta away, stomach bay empty—! 

[crew holds breath]

Direct hit Cap'n—!

• Post @ Twitter (24 April 2021)

Commentary

Context: "I saw that you retook the pic of you vomiting."

Oh, that's not me vomiting.

I cannot rule out the possibility that the vomit is mine.

But the individual doing the vomiting is a stranger whose picture I found via web search.

Unless it's a picture of a friend, or even myself, which I fail to recognize.

—The Good Ship KGJ

• Post @ Twitter (24 April 2021)

In the News

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  Commentary on The Vomiting Feather.

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• The Apollonian and the Dionysian

External links

• Post @ Twitter (28 April 2021)
• Post @ Twitter (24 April 2021)