Look out your window, baby, there’s a scene you’d like to catch
The band is playing “Dixie”, a man got his hand outstretched
Could be the Fahrer
Could be the local priest
He got a sweet gift of gab, he got a harmonious tongue
He knows every song of love that ever has been sung
Good intentions can be evil
Both hands can be full of grease
Well, first he’s in the background, and then he’s in the front
Both eyes are looking like they’re on a rabbit hunt
Nobody can see through him
No, not even the Chief of Police
Well, he catch you when you’re hoping for a glimpse of the sun
Catch you when your troubles feel like they weigh a ton
He could be standing next to you
The person that you’d notice least
Well, he can be fascinating, he can be dull
He can ride down Niagara Falls in the barrels of your skull
I can smell something cooking
I can tell there’s going to be a feast
He’s a great humanitarian, he’s great philanthropist
He knows just where to touch you honey, and how you like to be kissed
He’ll put both his arms around you
You can feel the tender touch of the beast
Well, the howling wolf will howl tonight, the king snake will crawl
Trees that’ve stood for a thousand years suddenly will fall
Wanna get married ? Do it now
Tomorrow all activity will cease
Somewhere Mama’s weeping for her blue-eyed boy
She’s holding them little white shoes and that little broken toy
And he’s following a star
The same one them three men followed from the East
Man Of Peace sets the table for the second half of Across This Antheap. Again, Damron has achieved victory and rid himself of the MP. Again, time to knock it all down.
Most of Fool’s Gold and The Puppet is cribbed from my notes of conversations with Tania in HR and Claire about the situation at the time, similar to Concern Trolls. Concern Trolls covered conversations I had with them after Vernon was appointed leader of Team Skeazy but before he was appointed my fake manager. Whereas Fool’s Gold and The Puppet were discussions after his faux appointment.
In early drafts, Vernon’s character name was “Varmint,” which is only funny if you’ve read John Elder Robison’s autobiography Look Me In The Eye. Robison has Asperger’s and was diagnosed mid-life, and “Varmint” was his nickname for his little brother growing up (and still is, I think). Alas, nobody would get the reference, and it seemed a tad prejudicial to name a character “Varmint” when his character, motivations, etc. are an unknown to the reader (and the author, for the most part).
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