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BRIDGE |
SILENT BACKUP |
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"Inner peace brings world peace God is love and the infinite, right?" |
Why not? |
Behind that is total slimy kiss-my-ass crap ... In front of that is total ignoring ... Earlier than that is buried childhood traumas and immense suffering ... Over that is a stubborn knot of anger ... Under that is a tangled braid of neglect and desperation ... After that they can't even understand "meaning"; it's the world of gloss ... Avoidance ("God") is what keeps the trauma alive. |
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"Thank you for this imbroglio of nonsensical jibberish that some Christian on crack is euphemizing as a web site." |
Until recently. |
Not dogs! |
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"Total waste of cyberspace, and my time." |
Maybe Both! |
It's the call of the wild. |
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"I'd like to learn verbal self defense from someone who is at least coherent." |
Why not? |
Some people can get very creative when it comes to anger. |
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"You shouldn't smoke." |
Why not? |
Don't knock it! You may want to do that one day ... You might ... Are you the one who is effusing foul emotions? ... Don't inhale! ... When you're not attacking innocent people, what are you doing? ... Goodie two-shoes, one; burning ember, nothing ... You must go crazy roasting marshmallows at a campfire ... Let's call it quits ... Put on a whale suit, pour on a bucket of water ... Hang in there ... Okay, is that enough? |
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"It's bad for your health, man." |
How amusing. |
Look at Joan of Arc She was smoking until the moment she died. |
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"Get yourself some help, you apparently need it more than I do." |
How amusing. |
The only bad thing about it is, you feel like a wire coat hanger for about half an hour when you wake up. |
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"Do you have a quarter, Sir?" |
Until recently. |
What would you do with six of them, lying on the floor? |
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"Have you got a cigarette?" |
Maybe. |
Don't look! |
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"Do you smoke?" |
Until recently. |
I let mine rise. |
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"You have a cigarette?" |
Until recently. |
There must be oxygen on Mars from that one. |
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"I have a question for you Do you spell loser with one O or two O's?" |
How amusing. |
Find one. |
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"Is there an accident up ahead?" |
Maybe. |
There's nothing you can do. |
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"Is there another line for people with a higher IQ?" |
How amusing. |
Hate people all you want. |
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"They just want us out of here You can't win." |
Why not? |
Next week it's the whole world. |
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"You can't win." |
Why not? |
Ask my assistant. |
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"When you're perfect, try walking on water." |
How amusing. |
You don't have to be a pond your mother turmoils. |
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"I know the way to get there." [Irate taxi driver talking to a passenger] |
Maybe. |
It's a little removed. |
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"Would you like fries with your meal?" |
Maybe. |
If you come over and feed 'em to me. |
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"There are no accidents." |
How amusing. |
If you know where the dirt is. |
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"There are no victims." |
Why not? |
You know ... in sheep's clothing. |
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"There are no mistakes." |
How amusing. |
That's what they live by, mistakes. |
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"Do people want the real or the imaginary?" |
Both! |
So there! |
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"Which one do you like better?" |
Both! |
You can't go wrong. |
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"Will you take your top off at the beach?" |
Maybe. |
With YOU around? |
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"It's a great place to go topless." |
Why not? |
Some like it white. |
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"Don't you take anything seriously?" |
Maybe. |
That's when they take it off. |
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"I need to ask you all something which one is Mohammed? No, seriously I mean it. I really can't tell which is which." |
How amusing. |
Everyone's just as bad as everyone else except for Mimi she never bit a dog! |
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"Do you think I'm the troublemaker?" |
Why not? |
Just wade in. |
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"I was just being social." |
Why not? |
Maybe it's even deeper. |
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"If this is a social experiment and he's going to submit a formal paper on it, bravo. If not, he should STFU and drive." |
Why not? |
I don't know why you're telling me these things I'm just a child. |
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"Have a good day there." |
Maybe. |
I'm not going to ruin it for you. |
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"Enjoy the show." |
Maybe. |
The sequel's called, "Another Part of the Forest." |
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"No humming!" |
How amusing. |
We'll see what we can do. |
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"You're an oreo! Black on the outside, white on the inside." |
How amusing. |
Everyone's the same the Irish, the Jews. |
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31-JUL-1999.
A Bed of Roses
I remember one of those cool autumn evenings in Boston. I had just gotten a divorce, and was learning how to cook for myself the way an adult would you know, green onions, three kinds of lettuce, and just the leaves of Italian parsley, not the stems, thank you when I encountered a young girl half a block from where I lived as I trudged home with the groceries. She suddenly appeared before me with two puppies in either arm, cuddled to her chest. "Which one do you like better?" she beamed.
I glanced at another girl, who had walked up behind her, and without hesitation, seeing how cute she was, pointed at the friend.
Well, both girls went into shock for about 2.5 seconds, then the second girl giggled, and I turned and walked away. Now, I know, I really should have said something diplomatic like,
"Both!"
but I just couldn't help myself.
I strongly suspect some of my readers will take this material and try to be PERFECT with it, and perfect is DEAD!
The idea is to tumble backwards into a bed of roses, without controlling yourself to death Lord knows we'll die soon enough. So when that cute little girl at McDonald's demurely asks, "Would you like fries with your meal?" by all means say something wrong, like,
"Maybe.
If you come over and feed 'em to me."
01-APR-2008.
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As follows
CODE WORDS: apparently, beach, bravo, cigarette, coherent, cyberspace, enjoy, euphemizing, experiment, fries, health, humming, imaginary, infinite, O, oreo, quarter, seriously, smoke, social, STFU, there, topless, troublemaker, walking, which, win
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