THE HERO

And the arm dismembered itself from the body, drummed its fingers on the table, stopped and raising its forefinger into the air pointed directly at the body and said,

“Now I know who I am but who are you?”

“I am, I am , I am..”

But just then the ear dropped right off.

“Now” said the ear, gaping widely,

“Tell me, for I am all ears. And now that I have explained myself to you, tell me, wouldn’t you be so kind as to let me know, who are you?”

“I am, I am, I am…well, I am” said the remaining sections of the body to the ear. But just then it was interrupted by the unexpected disengagement of a knee.

“Now” said the knee kneeling down for effect.

“I know what it is I can do in life and it is this that I will keep on doing for the moment that I stop this, don’t you see, is the moment that I cease to exist. And yes it is true that I sometimes miss the company of my own kind, namely the other knee but still I carry on doing what I know best happy to be that way inclined. And tell me what leanings do you pride yourself on good friend whose name I have yet to learn?”

The remaining pieces of the body begun to perspire under the growing crowd of questioners whose questions were all the same yet all of whom demanded a different answer.

“Oh I suppose I am..I am..I am. Well now let me think”

But just then another interruption as this time the mouth rolled off, stuck out its tongue, licked its lips and said,

“Come on Sweety, tongue-tied already. I have called out many names in my time but now your silence makes me suppose that the only name to call you is fool. Am I right or am I right? I always suppose I am but then no one ever talks back to me.”

The pieces of body such as were left, itched and fretted. They jolted and sparked so much that just then the legs came clean apart from the torso. The two halves simply went their separate ways. Then the head rolled off and out sprung the eyes bouncing, tat, tat, tat, one up and one down in a cacophony of sound.

Then everything was silent once again. All was still. All now came to face one another in the silence of that room. Then out of the silence they all in unison; the arm, the ear, the knee, mouth, legs and torso all voiced the same concern;

“Who are you?”

The answer came loud and clear without hesitation.

“Nobody”.

So they all climbed back into place and our hero walked into the sun-set.