Upon Request
If you called me and said, “Hey, Tricia? We’re doing a craft show or a rummage sale or a bake sale or a yard sale or a fundraiser of any kind, and we would love for you to contribute. What can you give us?”
I would first feel compelled to make something,
or give something of value,
or give away something I have plenty more of,
or contribute something altruistic that would do my heart good.
And today, I know what that would be. I would set up a writing booth at your event. I would have reams of paper, great pens, a timer, and a sign:
Poetry Upon Request
You Choose the Topic, I’ll Write for You.
And, in the vision I have of this whole fantastical wish, people would line up, pay $1.00 (and the proceeds would go to your benefit, of course), give me a topic, and set the timer for two minutes for me to write and write and write.
They would ask me to write about anything.
Balloons
or jelly beans
or cotton candy
or butterflies
or friendship
or love
or tummies
or books
or school
or justice
or parenting
or boys
or girls
or grace
or anger
or breakups
or green beans.
Anything they choose. And I would write with the practice of zero selfconsciousness, and I would hand off my work at the end of the two minutes.
Even if it was something good that I might like to keep, I would give it away.
And maybe a few people would like what I gave them,
and she would hang it on her bathroom mirror
or he would carry it in his wallet.
And I would have made something, given something of value,
given away something I have plenty more of,
and contributed something altruistic that would do my heart good.
That’s what I would do.
Katy Kloosterman says:
A brillant idea! I would try to be first in line.
Jo says:
I think that is an awesome idea. (And it doesn’t have unwanted calories, either. lol)
Charlotte Waibel says:
I would most definitely stop at your booth. Did you decide on a new book topic? These things cross my mind: the busyness of our lives and depression. Can the two be connected?
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bobbi says:
…and i would stop at your booth 🙂
Crystal @ Serving Joyfully says:
Oh my! That would be so fun 🙂
somethingsage says:
What a great idea! Love it! Hope you have the opportunity to do that sometime soon.
cswyt says:
love!