AUTHOR.CALHO: If I didn't write it, I would be hitch hiking cross country to Maine and then Alaska in that order. While taking frequent breaks to spread leaflets. And sit in diners. And write on things because I wasn't at a computer. I may still do that in a few years. Writing this also helps me forget about and better understand the limitations of being human, and keeps me busy enough to allow me no free time to burn the world down.

THEMATIC.ABOUT : Collapse often. The things that hold people together and hold them apart and scatter brains. The things that make thoughts go boom. The things that ooh and aah and [expletive deleted]. Sometimes poking around the margins where responsibility ends and the only one to look to is the Original Equipment Manufacturer and say "but, I already pressed 9 for more options and the menus are exactly the same. Can you just replace it?" The answer will be: "please hold." Sometimes hanging out in dark corners. Sometimes following the train tracks. Looking for ways out and ways in and all the while sharing the things seen and heard and done and drawn and written and scorched and healed and teased and caged and dreamed along the way.

11/5/15

Dear (_____)

To whom it may concern,

When I ask you if you heard something while we are sharing leisure time or walking somewhere or simply sharing a common space in a face to face, the preferred response is a simple "yes" or "no."

If you answer "yes," I may have follow up questions for you.  If you answer "no," we will carry on about whatever business or pleasure or quietude we are on.

I do not need you to tell me "no, you are hearing things."  I know I heard something.  That's why I asked.  I am asking you if you heard it too.  I am not asking you if I heard it.  I know I heard it.  I need to know if it's from inside my brain or from the outside.

That's all.  Thank you.

Sincerely,

Sanity
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