Selby Speaks (1988)
“He was feeling guilty in the way a dog might feel guilty if a crowd of crazy poetry lovers had ripped apart an old mansion and he had found out that it was all his fault. The reason he was feeling this way was that a crowd of crazy poetry lovers had ripped apart an old mansion and it was all his fault.
“I don’t deserve to be their dog,” Selby thought as he looked up at Dr and Mrs Trifle. “They’re such warm and wonderful people and I’m such a … such a … well they’d never forgive me if they knew ...what I’d done.”
Selby curled up on the carpet and put his paws over his eyes, thinking of the day before — the day it had all begun … It was evening and he and the Trifles were sitting in front of the TV set watching an episode of Famous Dead Poets.
Malcolm Mumbles, the narrator of the program, was walking along the beach at Surfers Paradise reciting a poem by the famous dead surfie poet, Clancy of the Undertow: “The waves, the waves I’ll not forget — I don’t know when I’ve been so wet.MoreLess
“I don’t deserve to be their dog,” Selby thought as he looked up at Dr and Mrs Trifle. “They’re such warm and wonderful people and I’m such a … such a … well they’d never forgive me if they knew ...what I’d done.”
Selby curled up on the carpet and put his paws over his eyes, thinking of the day before — the day it had all begun … It was evening and he and the Trifles were sitting in front of the TV set watching an episode of Famous Dead Poets.
Malcolm Mumbles, the narrator of the program, was walking along the beach at Surfers Paradise reciting a poem by the famous dead surfie poet, Clancy of the Undertow: “The waves, the waves I’ll not forget — I don’t know when I’ve been so wet.MoreLess
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