Children of the Corn

Regarding yesterday's story, here's an excerpt from an instant message conversation I had earlier today:

v|e|r|a hey now! says:
oh I was also wondering . why corn?
Jake says:
Ha!
Jake says:
I was wondering if anyone would ask.
v|e|r|a hey now! says:
So I do!
v|e|r|a hey now! says:
I mean I do the asking part
Jake says:
The entire thing is a lot of meaningless rubbish.
Jake says:
It was an experiment; a test.
v|e|r|a hey now! says:
but it contains a lot of letters
v|e|r|a hey now! says:
what were you testing? I thought you were making allusions to be honest
Jake says:
I thought I'd write a bunch of awful drivel, but with a serious tone, the sort of thing that might almost seem to have some secondary meaning if only it weren't so stupid.
Jake says:
The truth is, there's no allegory, no meaning.
Jake says:
IT's really as stupid and pointless as it appears on the surface.
Jake says:
And I wanted to know if anyone would call me out on it.
v|e|r|a hey now! says:
maybe in the eye of the spectator it isn't that, everyone takes its own interpretation from it . A lonely mother might've cried while reading it, think about it
Jake says:
Hm.
Jake says:
I guess you're right.
v|e|r|a hey now! says:
like usually!
Jake says:
And so it becomes a statement on the way we can project purpose onto anything.
v|e|r|a hey now! says:
yesss ... could be good in so many ways
v|e|r|a hey now! says:
and for me it is good, because it makes me giggle throughout the whole day. I could turn everything said into a joke (okay most of it)
Jake says:
I actually purposely limited my corn puns.
Jake says:
I wanted to keep it somewhat serious rather than letting it grow into an excuse to make as many jokes about corn startch and corn syrup as possible.
Jake says:
That was very difficult for me.
v|e|r|a hey now! says:
classy!
v|e|r|a hey now! says:
I see that
v|e|r|a hey now! says:
are you any good at spider solitaire?
Jake says:
I am fantastic at Spider Solitaire.

And I am!