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Say Seniorita, are we walking down the street

  • Say Seniorita, are we walking down the street on the very same day? Let's get together and call ourselves an institute. We'll call it the Institute for the Preservation of
  • forgetfulness. Together we can forget the world, ourselves, and the terrible things I've done. I am a very bad man, señorita. Señorita! Please! Look, I am covered in my own blood
  • , sweat, & tears...tears of remorse, but also tears of joy for the hope I have for our future, senorita. Do not walk away & snap your fan at me, I beg you! Let us return to
  • La Hacienda & make wild, sweet, Mexican love!" Senorita's dark eyes still burned with anger, but I could tell there were other parts of her body that were burning too. "My kumquat
  • liqueur is the best in town! Ask anyone." I stood in stunned silence and happily took the tumbler she handed to me. The sweet-smelling kumquat-flavored drink splashed down my
  • zipper and the guy next to me thought I'd peed myself. He elbowed his grizzly buddy, "Hey, Nunzio, this schpeckle just pissed his trousers." I was so angry that I stood up and poin
  • ted to his trousers which was full of shit. Then I pointed to his hat which was full of vomit. Highly embarrassed he ran away. Feeling extremely satisfied I decided to
  • Go about my business as if nothing happened. I got coffee at Starbucks and pondered the headlines in the newspaper. Life was getting more surreal by the day and I folded stories.
  • I only got coffee to make life feel more real. More normal. As if digitally scripting brief patterns of language and visuals would somehow make life feel less surreal, more normal.
  • Let's face it, I don't know where I am or what I'm doing, but at least I'm awake and that's a good start. Now I can get up and walk myself into the new day with a mug in my hand.
Started
2014-01-10 15:01:29
Finished
2016-08-15 11:01:38

3 Comments

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    Woab Aug 15 2016 @ 11:03

    Interesting. The first and last lines mention walking and day.
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    Gibber Aug 15 2016 @ 18:00

    You can connect the end to the beginning - it's a mobius strip! The guy trying to pick up the señorita is probably my favorite character.
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    SlimWhitman Aug 16 2016 @ 16:31

    Disclosure to the opening fold: http://www.paulsimon.com/track/gumboots-2/ our if you prefer audiovisuals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMaoEywSOlk at 1:50

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