he turned the book towards
him Its called The Dawn of Everything
Subtext?
A New History of Humanity If you enjoy reading truly humanitys history its a must Writers are an anthropologist an an archaeologist
It’s a huge, a tome.
it
tickled him he called it a tome It is Nearly sevenhunred pages
without their notes an citations Wha you
reading
Reading, how do you know I read?
Your book’s big and orange, kind of calls attention to itself.
he nodded Fair. It’s called The Better Angels of Our
Nature.
Ah Pinker Have you read him before
You’re familiar?
The Stuff of Thought Another is Blank Slate I own them Wha brought you to read Angels
Well, I suppose like all of us,
we know what we know. I’ve decided recently that I need to know things I don’t, that’s why I picked it up.
the cashier interrupted to be
paidcomplete the transaction not that
they or their conversation was holding up the line
he stepped to collect his bag at
the end of the counter an turning back to the man he said Well I
hope you enjoy Pinker the Angels an I must say
I dig your cap
the man pointed a big finger at it like
a gun That’s home.
COMPTON
Be safe
You too man, you too.