Doty Unleashed, A Dialogue for One Storyteller

Doty: I wish to announce that today is not a thinking day.

Coyote: Uh, uh.

Doty: Today is a feeling day.

Coyote: Think so?

Doty: Feel so.

Coyote: Feel so what?

Doty:: Never mind.

Coyote: Uh, uh.

(silence)

Doty: I also wish to announce....

Coyote: Geez.... Sounds to me like you need a distraction of the unattached female variety.

Doty: Yeah, right.

Coyote: Think about it. Every time that lovely chaos seizes your attention you are far more creative and focused -- in short, alive. And your stories howl almost as good as me!

Doty: Well, maybe you're right. I'll check my list.

Coyote: You and your looooong list!

Doty: You have a list, too.

Coyote: Mine's short. One word only.

Doty: What's that? Appetite?

Coyote: Hmmmmm... Yes, that'll work.

Doty: I can have a short list, too.

Coyote: Yeah? And what might that be? You're allowed one word.

Doty: Passion.

Coyote: That's not fair! You just copied my list.

Doty: Did not.

Coyote: Did too.

(silence and stare down)

Coyote: How about a drive to Nevada to satisfy our lists?

Doty: Hmmmmm.... Now that's an interesting idea. Passion with no strings, right?

Coyote: Yup! Ahhhh, Winnemucca, that canine wonderland of no-leash laws! Wanna go for a ride?

Doty: Maybe. I'm thinking.

Coyote: And therein lies the problem, Mister Announcement.

Doty: Huh?

Coyote: I quote: "Today is a feeling day."

Doty: God, you're doggone good with circles.

Coyote: Dog here practices with his tail and his lying down. Circling, that is. And Nevada is just another there and back again journey ... another way to circle and lie down.

Doty: Get laid, you mean.

Coyote: That, too. Might do you good. Get your mind off of your attraction to attachments.

Doty: At least I don't have a tail.

Coyote: Right. But Mister Storyteller has many tales, doesn't he?

Doty: Yes, but they are short.

Coyote: Like your list?

Doty: Yes.

Coyote: Too bad you're not a young female coyote. Then we'd be fixed for life.

Doty: How's that?

Coyote: I only date younger coyote women. Their tails are shorter.

Doty: Very funny. Did I tell you that I put some of our dialogue in a letter the other day?

Coyote: Was it a love letter?

Doty: Well, Maybe.

Coyote: Good grief, Doty. At least the last time you were writing love letters to a woman you weren't talking to yourself! I hope it was a short dialogue.

Doty: Hmmmmm.... How about a walk along the creek to say hi to Heron Woman?

Coyote: Well, it's not Nevada, but it's a good beginning. Can we leave the leash at home?

Doty: I didn't know you had a leash.

Coyote: I don't. I was referring to yours.

Doty: Mine?

Coyote: Just testing your passion.

Doty: Oh, all right.

Coyote: Let's go on that walk.

Doty: Think so?

Coyote: Feels right.

Doty: Yes, it does.

Coyote: Next stop, Nevada!