Suzie’s House 478 : Poetic License

”It’s good. Right?” Miranda leaned back in her ergonomic office chair and smiled.

“Yeah. It’s good.” Her colleague pursed his lips and nodded. “It’s pretty slick the way you get the lyrics to match up with the shot of the car driving off the lot.”

Miranda beamed. She was proud of herself not only for her artistic efforts on this particular ad, but for the way she’d been able to use Malaprop songs with her biggest account. Everything was finally coming together just the way it should.

“Do these kids know what you are doing with their music?”

“Yeah, yeah. Of course. It’s all in the contracts.” Miranda waved off the conern.

“Contracts?”

“Yeah. I pay for their studio time while they cut an album, and they let me use whatever songs I want. It’s a total win-win.”

“But there’s nothing specific about car ads?”

“Of course not. Why would there be?” Miranda punched a button to save the ad with a bit more force than strictly necessary. She should have known this guy would want to burst her bubble.

”Just that it’s one thing to agree to something like this, and another to actually see it. These kid’s are pretty young, aren’t they? What did their parents say?”

“None of them objected. I’ve got all the signatures, if you’re worried about that.”

“No. Just… Well, it’s none of my business.” The guy shoved off her desk and turned to leave her cubical.

He couldn’t go fast enough to suit Miranda. But he didn’t go far. Barely a step into the hall, he faced her and leaned into her cubicle for one last comment.

“Did you tell them when the ad will air?”

“Not yet.”

“I’d like to hear what they think when they see it.” He didn’t wait for her reply.

Just as well, since Miranda didn’t say anything. And she wasn’t going to, either. If the ad campaign went well, they’d see their songs broadcast soon enough. If it didn’t they were better off not worrying about it.

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