{"id":798,"date":"2018-08-09T14:41:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T14:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/?p=798"},"modified":"2018-08-09T14:37:25","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T14:37:25","slug":"bulb-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/2018\/08\/09\/bulb-2\/","title":{"rendered":"bulb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There were some kids in the park, arguing about bulb.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bulb,&#8221; said the tall one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bulb,&#8221; said the short one, shaking her head. &#8220;No bulb.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bulb,&#8221; said the middle one, and then from a pocket she pulled out some tissues, a hat, two gloves, a mitten, a sock, and bulb.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bulb,&#8221; she repeated, and showed it to them all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bulb,&#8221; said the short one, and she reached out slowly towards it. &#8220;Bulb.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The tall one suddenly snatched it up and put it in her mouth. She started to glow, first red, then green, finally settling down to a deep, unsettling shade of purest bulb.<\/p>\n<p>I shielded my eyes with my arms, only to discover that bulb transmits across all frequencies, wavelengths, sensations, magnetions, atomic crystularities, the dimensions of time.<\/p>\n<p>There was bulb. There is bulb. There comes bulb.<\/p>\n<p>I am bulb and you are bulb and we are bulb.<\/p>\n<p>Bulb. Bulb. Bulb.<\/p>\n<p>The tall bulb began to dim and when I looked up the short bulb and the middle bulb had run away and left the tall bulb fading there on her own.<\/p>\n<p>I looked down at my feet and pretended I hadn&#8217;t seen bulb. But I had seen bulb, had heard bulb, tasted bulb, smelt bulb, thought bulb, dreamy bulb, become bulb.<\/p>\n<p>I stood up and walked away. When I put my hands in my pockets I discovered bulb in each one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bulb,&#8221; I said.<\/p>\n<p>Bulb.<\/p>\n<p>__________<\/p>\n<p>1. <em>Bulb<\/em><br \/>\n2. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/2018\/08\/09\/bulb\/\">BULB<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n__________<\/br><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/davidguy\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Support An Accumulation Of Things<\/a><\/h3><i>If you like the things you've read here please consider subscribing to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/davidguy\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">patreon<\/a> or my <a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/davidnguy\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ko-fi<\/a>. <\/br><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/davidguy\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon subscribers<\/a> get not just early access to content and also the occasional gift, but also my eternal gratitude. 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