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Stupidity is much the same all the world over.


Looking out. Lookunout. Lukunout. Lukunoot. Look a nut! Look an out! Luke an owl. Look leek soup. Loop-de-loop. The loop. The hoop. Circle. Perfect circle. Acquaintances and friends. They don't come in conveniant sizes. Round. Roundabout. Roustabout. How about you? How about me? You and me? about me? Nothing doing. Nothing? Not a stitch. He's a god now. He's dead now. And now. And now. The moment. BECOME. BEING. BECOMING. GONE. Opportunity. Window. Windowless mirror. Image. Image is everything. Anything goes. Going. Going. Gone. Forever. Permanence. Forever. Never. Ever. Together. Two of us. Going. Nowhere. On our own. Own. Possession. Loss. Empty. MT. MG. Racing green. Leaf. Idea. Idea leaf. Imperative. Mission. Plan. Master. Slave. Morality. Ammorality. Herd. Sheep. Flock. Frock. Jesus. Christ. Right. Wrong. Write on. Write off. Right off the planet. Right now. Right then. How about you? You? You? You and me? NEVER! Together. Pieces. Puzzle. Quandry. Quantity. Quality. Quantify. Cope. Hope. Quote. Wrote. Written. Sittin'. Still. Calm. Nerves. Curves. Women. Your curves give me nerves. Shivers. Shakes Thick. Thin. End.

This is Hunter Street. It used to be a jam factory, but now it's an art school and fancy flats.

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tony said…
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes..............
16 June 2009 at 16:05
yamini said…
I am drifting off to sleeeeep ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Is this what we are heading towards, no sense of individuality at all???

I think we all need a change, sure!!
16 June 2009 at 16:28
Tash said…
It's pretty! All the buildings are well maintained and I like the jaunty angles of the look-alike apartments.
Fun to read stream of conciousness (or however it's spelled.)
16 June 2009 at 16:36
Priyanka Khot said…
jam makes me think of breakfast, although it is time for lunch, I really want to have jam right now.

BTW: You have not been visiting Delhi without a reminder... what is the matter Mr McCracken (trying to go back to our shared Victorian past).
16 June 2009 at 17:23
Candie said…
How you feel now?LOL
17 June 2009 at 07:56
Carola said…
Like your text very much, its flowing, flooding, running, stopping, mudding.
O.K. hope you know what I want to say.
18 June 2009 at 08:22
Kris McCracken said…
Tony, good old David Jones...
24 June 2009 at 09:28
Kris McCracken said…
Yamini, I must be boring you.
24 June 2009 at 09:29
Kris McCracken said…
Tash, it used to be a slum, now it's all post apartments.
24 June 2009 at 09:29
Kris McCracken said…
Priyanka, I have been struggling to get Internet time of late...
24 June 2009 at 09:29
Kris McCracken said…
Carola, I know exactly! :)
24 June 2009 at 09:30
yamini said…
Not at all!!!!

It is the indiscriminate loss of individuality around me that bores me.
24 June 2009 at 17:50
Kris McCracken said…
Yamini, it is dull, that is right.
2 July 2009 at 13:51
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