The Stripe-Saturated Life of Gene Davis By Kelsey P.

Ever since he was a very small child, Gene loved stripes. Thick, thin, black white, red, blue…there are millions of stripes, and Gene loved each and every one. His mother and father both worked in a factory, making pin-striped suits and dresses. They both had an almost obsessive affinity for stripes, and they had passed it on to young Gene. Almost every day, one of Gene’s parents would bring him something striped; a scrap of fabric, a peppermint stick, or something of that sort. Before playing with it (or eating it), Gene would stroke and stare at the wonderful striped object for a very long time. He adored everything about stripes; their simple complexity just amazed him.

Over the years, Gene grew older and wiser, yet his intense love of stripes never died.  School, women, and other parts of life faded in and out, but stripes were constant. Gene wore striped shirts and striped pants, sometimes matched beautifully, other times…not. He had striped sunglasses, a striped umbrella, and his car had a striped interior. Since he was unabashedly proud of his striped belongings, certain people said he was unabashedly gay. However, he was definitely not; in fact, throughout life Gene was very popular with dozens of beautiful women.

One Saturday morning, Gene arose in bed and decided that art was his calling. He did not want to make pin-striped suits like his parents, or make rugs. Gene Davis wanted to paint…not only paint, but be a famous, world-renowned artist! However, what in the world was Gene going to be famous for painting? He looked around his home anxiously, trying to find naked women (they had all left), a basket of fruit, or an Eighteenth century Englishman, but there were none. All that Gene had in his home were ordinary objects, covered in…stripes! HE COULD PAINT STRIPES! Gene jumped about in glee, and kissed his little tabby cat, Stripe. He now knew his one true calling; he would paint stripes. In fact, he would paint HUGE paintings of stripes, just stripes! Beautiful, eye-catching, striking, STRIPES! The stripes would not be boring; they would be in lavish colors and extravagant patterns. Gene had a feeling that everyone he knew would love his paintings; Gene was spectacularly confident in himself and in his future work.

Well, to make the story short and sweet, Gene spent days cranking out beautiful paintings composed entirely of stripes. He went into debt buying huge pieces of canvas and hundreds of paints, but those debts were quickly paid when his work hit the public. People were passionate about his paintings; in fact, all of them were sold out at obscene prices. Gene became insanely rich after selling one particular painting, aptly titled Shabazz. It was sold to the Chrysler Museum of Art for 25 Billion dollars, allowing Davis to live luxuriously amid his striped homes, cars, and belongings until the end of his days.