We need to work this out privately.

 

Would anyone you know be willing to approach a stranger in a hallway not far from here? It shouldn't take but a minute or two and in the end, those who wondered what I was made of can finally get the answer that they were afraid to hear from Day One. On the off chance that I'll be visiting my cousin, the Lance Corporal, I'll be incorporating some fecal material into my routine. And if anyone thinks that's 'not kosher', please take it up with my de-platformed road manager, Ira Soskin. He seems to be under the impression that you, or someone you might have met a couple of years ago, has something to hide. I'll never stop trying to talk sense into that man, however frustrating it may turn out to be in the end. To tell you the truth, I'll be saving my major firepower for a character widely rumored to be sort of intelligent. He goes to great lengths to look the part, always figuring stuff out in his head, even while his wife is looking at five to fifteen in the State pen. I know it might sound funny to say this but, you've got stop taking every little thing I say (or write) literally. They say that a mind which is frozen is cold to the touch. I say that one out of three bastards will have his work cut out for him when I start wearing a very attractively styled new uniform.

Yes, it's true what you've heard: we all strive in our little ways to follow precedents and decorum. I keep a stick of gum hidden in the flap of my hat and sing in the Youth Choir of my local habitat. It turns out that not all plant species are beneficial to eat. It comes down to consuming stuff in patterns which are built one brick at a time. A road crew can be asked to help you make ripples in the morning crud. When you receive the latest scouting report, you should look for a name which doesn't rankle people who are touched in the head. For all the others, it's okay if you relax on the beach in the off season. Who would ever think to look for you there? Not anyone who's submitted their forms on time, that's who.

Could we get down to particulars yet? To wit: why have you seen fit to patrol in my neighborhood without risking societal opprobrium? It would never have entered any of our calculations that someone in your position might have once broken bread with Harry Belafonte Jr. We were even somewhat surprised that you entered one of our eateries unaccompanied by individuals of a high caliber. It showed us just how wrong a person can be when they take it upon themselves to move all my furnishings into a squalid sub-basement without provocation. It makes sense in a bizarre kind of way that your doings are plastered all over the Conway even while the youngest of our children are shut out of the job market entirely. Does this strike you as 'fair'? I ask because you've never seemed to be that kind of person, at least not when I knew you growing up. Some things never change, though. And you know exactly what that would be. Don't lie.

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