the cowhide-covered GATEWAY cube
appears then beneath it To skip disk
checking, press any key within 9 seconds
8 seconds 7 seconds 6 seconds
5 seconds 4 seconds 3 seconds
2 seconds 1 second
he didnt
he nearly couldnt
it reminded him too much of black
and white televised Cape Canaveral countdowns John Glenn Alan Shepard Mercury it
reminded him too much of the Kennedy Space Center NASAs countdowns Apollo launches
Gus Grissom Edward White Roger Chaffee
it reminded him of the stars
being offplanet
every time he started his computer he relished its monotonous countdown
he was eager for what?
for more
often than not he had an idea where he wanted to go but after his onset how he
got to where he ended up he had no idea how he got there
he could cheat read his history but he liked to leave it untouched for his
girlfriend to peruse
she couldnt help herself
when she admitted itshe always
did he reminded her of the proverb Curiosity killed the pussy(he loved the look in her eyes)
It killed the cat
Maybe kills your cat It kills pussy in my world
Forcryinoutloud
Reading my history gets you pussylike
it or not Easily remedied
he was all about remedies
curiously the countdowns reminded him of a
conversation he had a long time ago with his maw
as a young boy he had a
proclivity for getting lost
he got lost because he was sure
he wouldnt
he knew his way
I cant believe you remember the number
I cant believe you dont remember
the times I ended up using it when I was lost
You got lost often
I did Hence why you screwed upI shouldnt say you I
should say you and Dad and Gramma
How did we screw up
You should have taught me a wrong
number First time out the gate I would
have been one less mouth to feedand we had plenty of mouths to feed Economically viable and brilliantutterly
brilliant
Youre terrible
No more terrible than Paw telling
me to go out and play in trafficbut if I could wait one moment he had to call Uncle Gene first and up my
life insurance
He was teasing Joe
He was prescient And you didnt see the gleam in his eye I would define it cha-ching
You are terrible
So everyone says
he liked that he had a countdown
every day and he was eager for What?
Let it come
Hell he cherished that he woke up alive he
unwrapped each day slowly delicately like an unexpected Christmas gift
1900, Saturday,
1 7. 17
1124, Monday,
3 7. 17
