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Dear Lawrence, I'm impressed by the way there's so much going on here in terms of content yet the lines are so smooth. So smooth the phrase "mind suicide" is a real slap in the face. best Randolph On 28/05/2012 10:00, Lawrence Upton wrote: > Where have you been? asked the governor. > "Up and down," replied Saint Elid. > Up and down? Just what does that mean? > Elid was startled; and was afraid. > "I do not understand. I speak > with a common phrasing, clearly. > The people comprehend my words. > I've been wandering, many places." > You said up. How high did you go? > "As high as I may." > How high's that? > "Not high. A few small hills." > Flying? > Elid laughed: "Not yet, Sir, not yet > till the good Lord gives me strong wings; > and I do not think he will. So never." > Yet you speak as if he might do. > "It is in his power. He could. > I do not think he will. I doubt > that it would be that good for me > to fly." > You doubt? > "I doubt myself > and my own spiritual strength. > I do not doubt or question god." > How low do you go? > "My soul's depth; > and sometimes to the low tide line." > To Hell? > "No. I do not go there." > And in your dreams? > "In dreams? Visions, > which, I believe, do come from God, > and ideas and imaginings. > My body though stays in my bed." > You do not fly within your dreams? > "You say it well: I do not fly." > Some say you are a witch, Elid. > "Some are deluded by desire > and their greed, in combination, > which lead them to say untrue things, > as a pair of horses might pull > a carriage that we could not move. > If I do not deny the charge > it is because it is insane > and uttered in bad faith by fools." > How so insane, if it's folly? > "Foolishness is abdication of mind. > Bad faith is mind suicide. They are > responsible or complicit. > All know, or did, what they have done. > They've destroyed themselves quite knowingly." > The governor stare at Elid. > ----- > Lawrence Upton > Visiting Fellow, Music Dept, > Goldsmiths, University of London > New Cross, London SE14 6NW > ---- > > > ----- > Lawrence Upton > Visiting Fellow, Music Dept, > Goldsmiths, University of London > New Cross, London SE14 6NW > ---- > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2176 / Virus Database: 2425/5026 - Release Date: 05/27/12 > > > -- HEX by Randolph Healy U.S. Kindle Store <http://www.amazon.com/HEX-ebook/dp/B007YT27FQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1336913755&sr=1-1> U.K. Kindle Store <http://www.amazon.co.uk/HEX-ebook/dp/B007YT27FQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1336913370&sr=1-1> Download a free Kindle reading app for pc or mac here <http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=sv_kinh_1?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771>.