May 9, 2006
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The Daily News
Much madness is divinist sense
To a discerning eye;
Much sense the starkest madness.
’Tis the majority
In this, as all, prevails.
Assent, and you are sane;
Demur, – you’re straightway dangerous,
And handled with a chain.
—Emily Dickinson
1 Right now there is some sports station that is blaring some commercial for Viagra, while the television in my sunroom is blaring some cop show, and I’m surrounded by a cacaphony of brash, loud television.
2 Every now and again this happens. I had the baseball game on, but there was other television that simply NEEDED to be on, so that’s the basic formula.
3 I really feel that the sannozay police ought to come in here with clubs swinging and whistles blowing.
4 It’s a special on the Red Sox/Yankees rivalry. Brought to you by Viagra.
6 The other television is brought to you by Levitra.
7 It’s like this house guest with a HUGE mouth that just keeps going, jawing on and on, LOUDLY.
8 And Joe Morgan seems to be sifting through all the noise with comments about the Yankees and the Red Sox.
9 Some guy on the cop show has softened his voice, but there are now echoes all over the place.
10 I’m online as all this occurs.
11 A symphony of noise brought to this place by Viagra and Levitra.
12 Who knew?
13 My left ear has grown to the size of Virgin Records store in San Francisco, and my finger just froze on the nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
on my computer.
14 The guy on NEWS just came on HOLLERING THE NEWS STORY>……………….
15 I THINK that’s a martini glass, sideways, but I don’t
think I did that on purpose. This place is outta control!
16 The guy on the news show sounds like he was drunk while announcing an item about a “stragedy”, whatever the heck THAT means.
17 I’m suddenly rocking back and forth, semi-aslip with a silly little grin on my lips, having no idea that I shoulda been aslip. I’m maintaining in a vortex of madness and loud televisions everywhere.
18 That’s a risk I’m willing to take. I’ll sally forth through the muck and mire of this insanity.
19 So far, nothing of any substance going on around here. I feel like I’m right smack in the midst of a monstrous nightmare, with LOUD echoes and craziness bombarding my senses to the point of sheer oblivion.
20 I think I’m going to slow all of this down, and then start hurling televisions out my windows and onto the street. There are times when implosion isn’t altogether a bad thing.
21 Bad craziness tonight. Trying to sleep; trying to stay awake. May madness. Insanity. I swear. I nid some slip.
22 I think I’ll just push the ignore button on all of this.
23 Or just push the computer button and hold it until it all goes away.
24 Out. <poof!> Bluescreen.
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