Salutations: Transformations
So the Salutations series begins with a conceit, which is that it’s a series of letters written aloud. I started from a place where I rejected the first conceit because I’ve never saved letters. I have always written something fresh for each round of this series- writing with the idea that it’s a letter, but always crafting it fresh. This time the theme was “Transformations” and I thought it would be fun to explore the idea that someone was writing a letter to their future self about a transformation.
The problem was I had too many ideas and I wanted to use them all so I needed a way to shorten the letter. I arrived at a second conceit which was I would write them as transformative haikus. That way I could get as many as I wanted without taking too much time.
When I read this allowed the audience to guess the transformation- but here I can’t really do that so I’ll give them to you with titles the way I wrote them.
Transformers
Regular Peterbilt
Uh Oh! Alien Invasion
Optimus Prime
Bonds
Talented Hitter
So many illegal drugs
Big head homerun king
Recycle
Fruit juice container
Trip to blue bin Valhalla
Now I’m a nice rug
Glass
Sands through the hourglass
With some heat, limestone and time
Sands through the hour me!
114th congress
I’m just a bill
Who’s that? Oh Mitch McConnell
Still just a bill
Hurricane
Hot wind off Africa
Late august Caribbean sea
Hot damn I’m cat 5
Chicken
Cold naked bird
Egg dredge, flour wash, hot oil bath
MMMM great with waffles
Trump
5th time I’m bankrupt
Russia, Fox, and lotsa yelling
First orange president
Butterfly
Weird furry worm
Chillin’ in a sweet tree sack
Woohoo butterfly