Awright awright awright
a guy
can change his mind
he did say
I also dont travel . . . walk
where I need to go need not want anif asked Id be
hardpressed to name a place Id want to visit going vicariously is every
bit as good going
his daughter called
they had their usual twoanahalf hour tete-a-tete which tickled
them more than they could say
they solved
all the problems of the world then before hanging upsaying Goodbye I love you erased
the whiteboard returned it to its original Locked tabula rasa unetched
in conversation she asked if hed heard of Point Nemo
he uttered it three times
epizeuxis Awright
awright awright he had a habit of doing
things in threes Yaknow aside from Jules Vernes 20,000 Leagues Under
the Sea Captain Nemo Nemo in Latin is Nobody which coud have been an homage to Odysseus I say Odysseus you say Ulysses Odysseus
Ulysses Ulysses Odysseus Greek Latin Latin Greek lets call the whole thing off he laughedtickled himself she listenedabided But before they blinded the cyclops Polyphemus gypped oneeyed they told him they were Nobody hence why
none of the other cyclopes came to his aid Nobody is killing me the others thought he was cursed by the gods
No nope Ive not heard of Point Nemo
he heard her suck in some air Could I say?
Yes please it was hard to say which of them were more longwinded though for the most part they imparted hard knowledgedidnt
bray like asses
Point Nemo is officially known as the oceanic pole of
inaccessibility, rather, the point in the ocean farthest from land. There is no
land for a thousand miles in any direction. As a matter of fact, astronauts aboard
the International Space Station, orbiting 258 miles from Earth, have been closest
to it.
Thats really cool
Do you know
it coordinates
I thought youd ask so I wrote it down.
he heard her shuffle some papers I had it right here. shuffle Ohwha the hell shuffle shuffle shuffle Here it is! Got a pen?
Always got a pen babe
It's Fortyeight degrees fiftytwopointsix minutes South, onehundredtwentythree
degrees twentythreepointsix minutes West.
he repeated it once to confirm
she acknowledged he got it right
I love you baby Thank you
for calling Its always wonderful to hear
your voice
I love you too, Papa.
he was no longer hardpressed to name a place hed want to
visit 48°52.6’S 123°23.6’W
0906,
Day-between-Two-Ts, 10 8. 22
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