PROLOGUE TO LITARUPTURE: An Opening Dialog

SETTING: In a quiet, unassuming bookstore that doubles a mediocre coffee shop, 
dust motes dance lazily in the air as a amber sun pierces through the window.
Five friends linger in this cozy haven, exploring at an exhibition of pictorial 
poems on the walls. 

Jack:    (glancing at the artworks on the walls) Any idea who this author is? I have never heard of this dude.

Juanita: (with a dismissive wave of her hand, her eyes drifting towards the coffee menu)
         Hmm? Not really. Does it even matter? (shrugging nonchalantly) I suppose the 
         author was just another ordinary soul—a literary dilettante lost in a sea of voices.

Ella:    (furrowing her brows) Judging from the artworks, I 'm pretty sure he was male
         most the time, but is that important?

Jack:    (politely smiling as his curiosity flickers unevenly) Not truly, no. 
         I merely had a flickering curiosity. A desire to peg the poet I suppose.

Ella:    (walking through the exhibit, then interjecting after a long pause) The language 
         feels distinctly North American, like from the late 20th century. (gesturing toward 
         a nearby pictorial poem that effused with nostalgia and raw emotion) Some of this
         isn't half-bad. 

Juanita: (a sharp, dismissive smirk curling on her lips, eyes sparkling with mischief) 
         ¡Ay Dios! Haven’t we had enough literary cowboys? Seems like they’re always riding into town!

Shu:     (in low and steady voice) Hold on a second. Before we pass judgment, why don’t 
          we actually take a moment to see what’s here more closely? (stepping closer to 
          the wall, inviting them to walk through the exhibit)

Juanita:  (sighing, her gaze already wandering) Okay, but patience is definitely not my forte…
          (rolling her eyes, though her tone softens as she scans the art, her curiosity 
          piqued despite herself)


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from Lit-A-Rupture: A Post Literary Construction by T Newfields
SUMMARY: A conversation among three friends about a post-modern litaray cowboy.
KEYWORDS: American poets, poetic analysis, textual introduction, literary cowboys

by T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 2005 in Tokyo, Japan ⨳ Finished: 2025 in Shizuoka, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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