From
David Still
<ds@davidstill.org>
To
Sheik Yoboudi
<blustermonkey@yahoo.com>
Re:
Everything you always wanted to know...
MESSAGE
Sheik Yoboudi wrote: the question is... why did you read it? --- David Still
wrote: > Why oh why did you bother writing all that? Why? > Sheik Yoboudi wrote: > Well-y, yessir, ya hey'dere, yeah man. > > I'll a'reckon there, Mr. Day-vid Still, that there's > quite a bit aboucherself I'll a'reckon y'ain' quite > awares of-- not quite familiarized with, er whatnot. > > > I a'reckon you don't quite know how you know all the > things you know-- that you don't even KNOW all the > things you know. I'll be bettin' my house and dawg > Alfred that yer scratchin yer skull bald tryin' te > figur out why you have eighteen passports and know > forty seven dialects of Russian and Cantonese; why > you happen to notice the size shoe of every > pedestrian passing you by on a busy sidewalk, why > you know who's wearing a weapon, where all the exits > are in every building you've ever been in and most > that you haven't. > > I a'reckon there's a few things that'll have to be > explained. About that night in Buenos Aires back > in--oh, '93 or so, the very day, in fact, you up and > gotcherself that nifty scar upside your left calf. > I never done seen nobody ever kill a man like that > with a standard army issue keychain can opener > before, but, gah-lly,-- but I reckon you don't quite > remember that or what came before, or what followed. > > > I reckon you don't sleep very well, and when you do, > you wind up waking up several times a night, > clutching your throat and gasping for breath. I > reckon you have a strange inclination to'ards the > queen of hearts I reckon you have a few copies of > The Tao of Pooh lying around the house. That is-- A > few TOO many. > > I reckon you don't remember that two week episode > where you were held in an underground examining > chamber, sat through an inquisition with men with > dark suits, men with no faces, men with guns, and > dogs, and chemicals, and pastry. > > David, I reckon you don't know a lot about any of > these things and more. > > David, > > run.