How to Write It

I walked into class Monday night and found this scrawled on the board:

Once upon a time there was...
and everyday...
until one day...
and because of that...
and because of that...
until finally...
and ever since that day...
(and the moral of the story is...)

I started writing my life post-ellipses. And I felt better. And then I rewrote the story. And felt sad. There is great beauty in the simplicity and circuitousness of this structure--it works--and perhaps I'll play around with the form, musically speaking.