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that he had some purpose?
that hadn't occurred to me as an interesting question!
L
On Wed, February 15, 2012 15:50, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> Oh, wow, I suppose so....
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> On 2012-02-15, at 5:44 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
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>> He is pacing the cafeteria,
>> not like an animal, more an actor, forced voice rising, as if changing a
>> gear, each time that he turns and strides quickly back before he turns
>> again, the words climbing. Slowly, but getting quicker, he's taking
>> more of shared ground under his influence.
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>> "Excuse me," says a voice somewhere below.
>> He locates the source of interruption
>> and mimes a query. "Would you mind going away? and perhaps talking more
>> quietly even so?" It makes no sense. He does not understand.
>> To make this clear, he says: 'I'm on the phone.'
>> "I understand," the sound explains,"but I
>> am not on the phone and do not want to be."
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>> It is utterly ridiculous.
>> 'It's a free country,' he shouts at a squeak,
>> the little one at the bottom of space. "It is not," that voice says from
>> far away, "as you are proving. Please do not make me
>> kill you. I suppose you have some purpose."
>>
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