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Chapter 6
Hemurmuredthenwithblonddelightforall:
Betweentheacresoftherye
Theseprettycountryfolkwouldlie.
Paris:thewellpleasedpleaser.
Atallfigureinbeardedhomespunrosefromshadowandunveileditscooperativewatch.
—IamafraidIamdueattheHomestead.
Whitheraway?Exploitableground.
—Areyougoing?JohnEglinton’sactiveeyebrowsasked.ShallweseeyouatMoore’stonight?Piperiscoming.
—Piper!MrBestpiped.IsPiperback?
PeterPiperpeckedapeckofpickofpeckofpickledpepper.
—Idon’tknowifIcan.Thursday.Wehaveourmeeting.IfIcangetawayintime.
YogibogeyboxinDawsonchambers.IsisUnveiled.TheirPalibookwetriedtopawn.CrossleggedunderanumbrelumbershoothethronesanAzteclogos,functioningonastrallevels,theiroversoul,mahamahatma.Thefaithfulhermetistsawaitthelight,ripeforchelaship,ringroundabouthim.LouisH.Victory.T.CaulfieldIrwin.Lotusladiestendthemi’theeyes,theirpinealglandsaglow.Filledwithhisgod,hethrones,Buddhunderplantain.Gulferofsouls,engulfer.Hesouls,shesouls,shoalsofsouls.Engulfedwithwailingcreecries,whirled,whirling,theybewail.
Inquintessentialtriviality
Foryearsinthisfleshcaseashesouldwelt.
—Theysaywearetohavealiterarysurprise,thequakerlibrariansaid,friendlyandearnest.MrRussell,rumourhasit,isgatheringtogetherasheafofouryoungerpoets’verses.Wearealllookingforwardanxiously.
Anxiouslyheglancedintheconeoflamplightwherethreefaces,lighted,shone.
Seethis.Remember.
