15,957. OH MAN, THIS IS SO MAJOR

OH MAN, THIS IS SO MAJOR

They told me to take a hike, so I did.

That was 28 days ago, and now I'm

nearing Malaga  -  and I don't even

know where that is. Walking along,

and sleeping under a bridge, or in a

boxcar somewhere? It's not really so

bad as it's all made out. I used to read

this stuff, in like Kerouac or Brautigan,

but, now, who cares and no one even

knows that stuff. Except for those royal

few who still claim to read. Real books,

I mean  -   not that new royal drivel 

wherein the one of those two nitwits

gets a frozen dick.

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I've got a nice fire burning because I

started one at 4am. It's 24 degrees, and

that's not bad at all  -  snow and rain due

in later, and that could kind of suck. I'm

sitting outside right now, near some guy's

rooms to let. He let me in five hours ago.

I said, 'Is that 'to let' or 'toilet?' Always have

to make sure. he replied, 'Are you sure you

didn't just escape from Joliet?'

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I don't even know the place I'm in.

Never have heard of Malaga before. Is

that maybe in Illinois? I think there's a country

by Spain or somewhere with that name too.

But I know I didn't cross no ocean. Like

Huck has it  -  'Sure gets confusing when

you light out from Aunt Sally's because it's

so damned boring.'