“Sheldon,” said the cat, “you do know you’re a fictional character, don’t you?”<\/p>\n
“Yes, I believe we’ve established that. And I can live with it. I mean, in the broad sense of the word ‘live’.”<\/p>\n
“Then you must know that as a ghost you are serving as a metaphor.”<\/p>\n
Sheldon rolled his eyes. “Oh great, now I’m a metaphor. You sure I can’t be a simile, or an allegory, or maybe a synechdoche?”<\/p>\n
“Actually,” said Charlotte, “I think at this point Sheldon is more of a pataphor.”<\/p>\n
“That’s going a bit far, pumpkin, don’t you think?” said Charlotte’s mother.<\/p>\n
“Yes, exactly!” said Charlotte. “I’m glad you agree. In fact, this whole thing has gone too far — haven’t any of you noticed? What started as a discussion about our existence has somehow taken over our existence.” <\/p>\n
“My head hurts,” said Charlotte’s dad. “Are you saying we’re trapped in this conversation?”<\/p>\n
“It’s worse than that,” Charlotte said, shaking her head sadly. “I think we’ve become the conversation.”<\/p>\n
“Well, I guess the cat’s out of the bag,” said Sheldon.<\/p>\n
“Now Sheldon,” Charlotte admonished. “Lets stay away from catachresis.”<\/p>\n
Charlotte’s father looked confused. “Are you saying the cat is having a crisis?”<\/p>\n
“No dad, it’s a word that means … oh, never mind. It’s not important. What’s important is that Sheldon is stuck being a ghost because of some metaphorical imperative. That doesn’t seem very fair to me.”<\/p>\n
“Are you unhappy being a ghost?” Charlotte’s mother asked Sheldon gently.<\/p>\n
“Well, I can’t say it’s all that great. The whole thing about not being able to eat a meal — that’s a serious bummer right there.”<\/p>\n
“And from what the cat has explained,” Charlotte said “this is all because Sheldon is stuck between two fictional universes.”<\/p>\n
“That’s only part of it,” came a voice from the door.<\/p>\n
They all turned to look. “Who are you?” asked Charlotte.<\/p>\n
“I’m the author, of course.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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