Lines For The Fortune Cookies


--i think you're wonderful and so does everyone else.
--just as jackie kennedy has a baby boy, so will you--even bigger.
--you will meet a tall beautiful blonde stranger, and you will not say hello.
--you will take a long trip and you will be very happy, though alone.
--you will marry the first person who tells you your eyes are like scrambled eggs.
--in the beginning there was YOU--there will always be YOU, i guess.
--you will write a great play and it will run for three performances.
--please phone the village voice immediately: they want to interview you.
--roger l. stevens & krmit bloomgarden have their eyes on you.
--relax a little; one of your most celebrated nervous tics will be your undoing.
--your first volume of poetry will be published as soon as you finish it.
--you may be a hit uptown, but downtown you're legendary!
--your walk has a musical quality which will bring you fame and fortune.
--you will eat cake.
--who do you think you are, anyway? jo van fleet?
--you think your life is like pirandello, but it's really like o'neill.
--a few dance lessons with james waring and who knows? Maybe something will happen.
--that's not a run in your stocking, it's a hand on your leg.
--i realize you've lived in France, but that doesn't mean you know EVERYTHING!
--you should wear white more often--it becomes you.
--the next person to speak to you will have a very intriquing proposal to make.
--a lot of people in this room wish they were you.
--have you been to mike goldberg's show? al leslie's? lee krasner's?
--at times, your disinterestedness may seem insincere, to strangers.
--now that the election's over, what are you going to do with yourself?
--you are a prisoner in a croissant factory & you love it.
--you eat meat. why do you eat meat?
--beyond the horizon there is a vale of gloom.
--you too could be premier of france, if only ... if only...