- Keith Banner
Comedy Zone Entry Info (Holiday Inn, Johnson City, TN, Thanksgiving 2014)
we went to see my mom
in tennessee
2014, thanksgiving
um
it wasn't a great idea
but you know you try
and we stayed in a holiday inn
in johnson city because
it never works out staying with her
they had a comedy night there at
the johnson city holiday inn
with a whiteboard
of magic-marker rules
like 'always wait to be seated'
and
'stay outside... until we finish cleaning'
what would a standup comedy show
be like
in johnson city tn? we didn't have the nerve
but in our own little lives
it was pretty perfect, the comedy
was relentless
not going to go into it
really
except to say
life is short and you
do what you can with what you
have to work with
and well
i've never really understood how
to work with
what i got so it's better
to just figure out how
to leave
we got a little drunk in our rooms
during the whole goddamn miasma
succoring shelter
from thanksgiving shit
i can't explain
we even went to see INTERSTELLAR
at the johnson city mall so
we could hide from the
whole shebang
and at one point
i remember
there was laughter
there at the holiday inn
stand-up comedy happening in
the bible-belt
jitters and titters
and then silence
and microphone feedback and
that feeling
you get when it's time to stop
it's just time
to come to an understanding
there was a gorgeous blackhole in that movie
by the way
shimmering
dream of relentless
nothingness
relentless
memories
and the last line
on the holiday inn whiteboard
ENJOY THE SHOW
(all caps)
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