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Show 94 talked about xxx what a beautiful kid he was; blond wavy hair and blue, blue eyes, and an angelic look that I think came mostly from the fact that he was oblivious to most things. "Popular," said Andrew. "Pop, pop, popular," said Joseph. "Keep an eye on Uncle Jon," I said to them. "I'm going axai over to Willie's" "And when you get back you will feel much better about the world," said Andrew. "They've been teaching us about your kind in school. Running from reality." He showed me a picture he'd drawn of Joseph as the Infant, cape afurl, hurling earths. Joseph put his hand over his good eye and his finger in his good ear, which meant he was through communicating. For years he'd kept answering the phone and saying nobody was on the other end. Andrew put on his wire hat that he made out of hangers and painted silver. It looked a little like a halo. "I'm receiving messages," said Andrew. "Hold on. Jon will be fine. He's taking a nap on the couch. Also, Neda's heart is a xxx spider with no legs." Downstairs, Jon was asleep on the couch, so I walked over to Willie's. He was in his attic, deep in a pile of cushions. "Neda is experimenting with death," I told him. "I know," said Willie. "I haf been expectin it. Considerin that life itself is such a long term experiment of that sort, myself, I haf not kxaxxixixxax preferred experiments of such singular and lengfy committment." He went to his axgxxxxaxS shoe box and got out his pipe. "I haf been wonderin if it is life that is the dream or deaf that is the dream." We smoked and soon I was wondering what was what myself. "Lately," said Willie. "I haf been finkin about our a Mister Blanion. Sometimes I fink about hitting him on the head wif a hammer, but it seems to haf become an act of no consequence. In some ways he deserfs to be hit wif the hammer, but mostly there seems to be no reason and no consequence. Sxaxxxxxx Eferyfing seems fery flat." "So you're not going to do it." Willie rubbed his chin with his crippled hand. "It is a refersal, of sorts. First, I suppose, I should hit myself wif the hammer, if I am to control the experiment, but I would prefer |