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It won't work, if you don't do it.
2 It won't work if you don't do it.
3 It won't work if you don't do it.
4 But you don't do it for that.
5 "Gonna have to give it up, gonna have to give it up, I've got to give it up." -CURTIS MAYFIELD
CHAPTER TWO
Thank you, Courtyard Coffeehouse for providing the most peaceful of places to do work.
2 To some other patrons of other shops, 'what would you like for me to do, so that you will feel more comfortable?'
CHAPTER THREE
Work is kind of like crossing your legs under a table, outside of Cafe Strudel, and meeting some resistance with a table leg under the table, but dealing with it gladly, and crossing your legs just so, only to find out it wasn't a table leg at all, but merely the leg of this cute little school chair in front of you, and easily and lightly pushed aside . . . just a little, of course.
CHAPTER FOUR
"This is Christian's story."
2 (interrupting) "That's a Christian story?"
3 "No, Christian in there."
4 "Oh, I was gonna say, 'let me read that Christian Story." (I still wanted to read that story).
CHAPTER FIVE
On the way to . . . .
2 'You ain't havin' fun, you jes' drinkin' them beers.'
3 You ain't havin' fun, you jes' drinkin' that coffee.'
4 . . . I'm having fun.
CHAPTER SIX
Coffee roasters or roosters . . . .
2 A serious, 'get your work done' place. Don't look up. Don't stare, they just might leave.
3 Still a very nice place--close to the State House, you know--I'll be back, if they let me.
4 Watch that smile--really--I mean it.
5 Still--so--quiet.
6 Only coffee shop, that I know that is this quiet. You can hear the heater, air-conditioner, generator, refrigerator rumbling: very, very, soothing--oh my God, I know why I used to like this place--why?
7 Oh, Jesus! Don't spill your coffee in here. The illusion will be over before you can say . . . .
8 I love to see people working.
9 I can not tell you any more secrets about this place.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Earlier thought . . . .
2 "I can't be a prophet."
3 "Why?"
4 "It would have stopped raining when I said, 'stop.'"
5 Omniphantolmiss Envelopex, this is the most fun I've had in sometime. I'm writing in lower and upper case for the first time since . . . grade school?
CHAPTER EIGHT
There are three thing people might do.
2 One group will chant for the crucifixion.
3 One group will reluctantly step aside.
4 One group will let themselves be crucified.
5 Or, maybe they won't do that crucifixion thing anymore; maybe they won't do anything at all.
CHAPTER NINE
Happend to see the Uncle Remus Museum on Sunday.
2 Turns out, Uncle Remus is a fictional character.
3 A certain Mr. Harrison actually wrote all of the 'Brer Rabbit' stories as well as others attributed to Uncle Remus.
4 Mr. Harrison was a very shy child.
5 "Now, I know they don't make shy children nowadays." -HOSTESS AT THE UNCLE REMUS MUSEUM
6 Mr. Harrison was poor and worked on the plantation.
7 Mr. Harrison listened to three black slaves during the days working. He was probably eavesdropping, I'm `a guessin'.
8 Mr. Harrison, or little Harrison, wrote stories based on this (colorful) dialect.
9 Some people noticed little Harrison's talent . . . gift.
10 Sometime later, Mr. Harrison worked for the Atlanta Constitution.
11 As Mr. Harrison's stature--in the world--grew, he remained 'painfully shy'.
12 So shy, in fact, that he rarely frequented social events, 'cuz he was afraid they might ask him to speak.
13 At the Uncle Remus Museum, in Eatonton, Georgia--where Mr. Harrison lived 'till he was eight--they sell just a few things on the shelf.
14 Admission to the Museum is one dollar.
15 When I go back, I want to get the little red book that also has the lyrics to songs that little Harrison heard from the three black slaves on the plantation.
16 The hostess told me that they had some audio-cassettes of Mr. Harrison's stories, inspired by the dialect and colorful language of the three black slaves down on the plantation.
17 "They sold like hot-cakes," the nice hostess told me.
18 When the man brought the last shipment in, however, he said it would be the last.
19. _____________.
20. They had become politically incorrect.
21. Thanks for the protection, guys and dolls.
22. Maybe some things shouldn't be recorded.
CHAPTER TEN
Can I tell you about Sollie--Sollace Jennings, that is.
2 Sollie is not the most technical bass player, in fact, he's not really a bass player at all.
3 He plays guitar and writes songs.
4 My band recorded on of his songs, called 'Strange Town' (pronounced, 'scrange town') which is about Pontiac, South Carolina.
5 I've always loved and cherished playing drums in the band with Sollie.
6 On these occasions, Sollie is usually filling in for our regular bassist.
7 Playing rhythm and blues with Sollie is I really playing R & B.
8 Sollie and I love to talk in the van, while on the way to and from these 'occasions'.
9 Sollie and I, dissenters by choice, are close.
10 Sollie talks about the black church-goers and 'they Jesus, that's they Jesus'--keep putting up with shit down here, 'cuz it's going to be a lot better up there.
11 Sollie is a member of the 'corner nigger' family. Sollie is a 'corner nigger'.
12 If Sollie, or pale me . . . if we were to break down, for example, on the way to Beaufort, South Carolina (low country, soul country), all Sollie or pale me would have to say is 'I'm (or I know one) a 'corner nigger', a Jennings 'corner nigger' and everything would be ofay.
