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qwick 1st time he ever seen me? Iwl tel you why its part of ther game thats why. The Hart of the Wud and the Littl Shyning Man the Addom they cant live without you get the knowing of them nor you cant get the knowing of them til you kil the 1 and open up the other. Then its on you innit. Hevvy on your back for ever. Thats my Las word this nite.
Hump my load
Down the road
Its Eusa roading out
That wer my 1st Eusa show being connexion man. Showt by Abel Goodparley & Erny Orfing the Big 2 the Pry Mincer & the Wes Mincer on the nite I took the scar.
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After the show they snuft the torches then every body got in littl clumps in the divvy roof hummering and mummering and getting pist. Goodparley & Orfing when theyd fittit down they drunk a littl with Straiter Empy and Flora Miltan Empys wife and his nexters and all the seanyer members which now I were 1 of them. Goodparley dint say nothing to me he dint even look at me it wer like hed los me out of memberment and tirely. Orfing dint say nothing nyther only at leas he lookit at me like he knowit I wer a live. After a littl I jus wantit my oan sylents not thers I got up and going out of the divvy roof. Goodparley finely lookit my way then like he cud acturely see me. He begun nodding his head and he said to me, "Thats ther game you know. They cant live without you kil the 1 and open up the other. Youve got to do it its the onlyes way to keap them going."
I noddit my head and all. Dint say nothing. Orfing put his han on my sholder and give me a littl shake frendy. I put up my hood and gone out in to the rain. Out to the fents and up on the hy walk.
Lissening to the nite and the rain. I leant my back agenst the fents and looking to the divvy roof. There hadnt ben no Trubba for a long time but we stil hadnt put no sides on it. Sit there nite after nite getting pist with 1 eye on the dark not to get snuck. Lissening to the rain dumming on my hood and looking at the candls and the nite fires in the roof and the crowd all sat there with the rainy dark all roun them. You know some times you get a fealing you dont want to put no words to.
Durster Potter that wer Nimbel Potters dad come a long the hy walk he wer on look out. He said, "I wunt want to be out this nite." Rain streaming down him and you cudve rung about a buckit of water out of his beard.
I said, "You _are_ out tho. You cant get no wettern you are."
He said, "I mean on the out side of the fents."
I wer thinking how some fents poals and a gate make all the diffrents.
The Big 2 dint drink long jus only for the pearents of it then they roadit out. Ther hevvys come up in the gate house and on the hy walk same as when they come in.
Goodparley lookit up and seen me in the lite of the gate fires and he done some mor nodding. Orfing lookit up and raisit his han. I dint hear him say nothing but I seen his mouf move. I thot he wer saying, "Good Luck." Off they gone then in to the rain.
I had off nex day no digging to do only in my head for Nex Nite and my connexion. I had a nuff and moren a nuff to connect with all I had to do wer sort it out my head wer perwel humming and spinning with it.
Come the nite and stil raining. Dumming on the divvy roof and the wind blowing and spattering in every time it veert and the torch fires shimmying and smoaking. Peopl shushing the kids and waiting for Straiter Empy and me to do the askings.
Straiter said, "Eusas come to us agen. Weve lookit and weve lissent."
I said, "Ive lookit and Ive lissent as wel."
He said, "How is it with you? On or off?"
I said, "On."
He said, "Is there a connexion?"
I said, "Theres all ways a connexion."
He said, "Is there a reveal for this crowd?"
I said, "Theres all ways a reveal if itwl come."
He said, "Is it come?"
I said, "Yes its come. Eusas forage is our meat. Eusas pain is our gain if we look and if we lissen."
He said, "Tel us." Then he sat down.
Every body looking at me waiting to hear what kynd of connexion Brooder Walkers boy wer going to
Hump my load
Down the road
Its Eusa roading out
That wer my 1st Eusa show being connexion man. Showt by Abel Goodparley & Erny Orfing the Big 2 the Pry Mincer & the Wes Mincer on the nite I took the scar.
9
After the show they snuft the torches then every body got in littl clumps in the divvy roof hummering and mummering and getting pist. Goodparley & Orfing when theyd fittit down they drunk a littl with Straiter Empy and Flora Miltan Empys wife and his nexters and all the seanyer members which now I were 1 of them. Goodparley dint say nothing to me he dint even look at me it wer like hed los me out of memberment and tirely. Orfing dint say nothing nyther only at leas he lookit at me like he knowit I wer a live. After a littl I jus wantit my oan sylents not thers I got up and going out of the divvy roof. Goodparley finely lookit my way then like he cud acturely see me. He begun nodding his head and he said to me, "Thats ther game you know. They cant live without you kil the 1 and open up the other. Youve got to do it its the onlyes way to keap them going."
I noddit my head and all. Dint say nothing. Orfing put his han on my sholder and give me a littl shake frendy. I put up my hood and gone out in to the rain. Out to the fents and up on the hy walk.
Lissening to the nite and the rain. I leant my back agenst the fents and looking to the divvy roof. There hadnt ben no Trubba for a long time but we stil hadnt put no sides on it. Sit there nite after nite getting pist with 1 eye on the dark not to get snuck. Lissening to the rain dumming on my hood and looking at the candls and the nite fires in the roof and the crowd all sat there with the rainy dark all roun them. You know some times you get a fealing you dont want to put no words to.
Durster Potter that wer Nimbel Potters dad come a long the hy walk he wer on look out. He said, "I wunt want to be out this nite." Rain streaming down him and you cudve rung about a buckit of water out of his beard.
I said, "You _are_ out tho. You cant get no wettern you are."
He said, "I mean on the out side of the fents."
I wer thinking how some fents poals and a gate make all the diffrents.
The Big 2 dint drink long jus only for the pearents of it then they roadit out. Ther hevvys come up in the gate house and on the hy walk same as when they come in.
Goodparley lookit up and seen me in the lite of the gate fires and he done some mor nodding. Orfing lookit up and raisit his han. I dint hear him say nothing but I seen his mouf move. I thot he wer saying, "Good Luck." Off they gone then in to the rain.
I had off nex day no digging to do only in my head for Nex Nite and my connexion. I had a nuff and moren a nuff to connect with all I had to do wer sort it out my head wer perwel humming and spinning with it.
Come the nite and stil raining. Dumming on the divvy roof and the wind blowing and spattering in every time it veert and the torch fires shimmying and smoaking. Peopl shushing the kids and waiting for Straiter Empy and me to do the askings.
Straiter said, "Eusas come to us agen. Weve lookit and weve lissent."
I said, "Ive lookit and Ive lissent as wel."
He said, "How is it with you? On or off?"
I said, "On."
He said, "Is there a connexion?"
I said, "Theres all ways a connexion."
He said, "Is there a reveal for this crowd?"
I said, "Theres all ways a reveal if itwl come."
He said, "Is it come?"
I said, "Yes its come. Eusas forage is our meat. Eusas pain is our gain if we look and if we lissen."
He said, "Tel us." Then he sat down.
Every body looking at me waiting to hear what kynd of connexion Brooder Walkers boy wer going to
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