on my godfather

[phthalombrage]

Happy! Happy!

A backyard bovine sacrifice will take place tomorrow in honor of Monday's
National Holiday. You will be in our thoughts when the first gash is made into
the flesh of the defunct former living and breathing entity of the Creative
Force of the Universe.

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The Family Sage and the Lowly Scribe

The scribe has recently engaged in telephonic encounters with the Family Sage
regarding the Family Sage's newy-acquired position. When the Family Sage
relates the many details of each and every daily journey, the scribe has
developed a mechanism to thwart the onslaught of the rapid-fire Enlightenment
dispensed from the lips of the Family Sage: the scribe has, within arm's reach,
a tome entitled, "The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson". Nothing more need be
said, eh?