Rob S. Friedman
April 2023
Primogeniture in the Land of Make Believe
(William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury, Part 2 & Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, the gold watch scene)
This watch was your great-granddaddy’s war watch, Then when he had done his duty, put it in an ol’ coffee can.
your grandfather was a Marine facing death.
Winocki, he paid a visit, delivering to your infant father, his Dad’s gold watch.
This watch your birthright.
And now, little man, I give
The watch
Grandfather’s Father gave it
said, Quentin, I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire the reducto absurdum of all human experience you may remember time you might forget it spend all your breath trying to conquer it.
battle reveals victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
Rob S. Friedman 