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"Please take one sheet froether and stuff in the envelope, then toss in the bin"
It gets repetitive fast One, two, three, four, fold, stuff, throw One, two, three, four, fold, stuff, throw One hundred percent enthusiasm Brave new career If I demonstrate superior ability who knohere it could lead? Jostleplume International Industries Jostleplume Enterprises Unlimited Maximize efficiency of motion and race as fast as possible Throw last envelope and announce, "Finished!"
The attendant takes my bin I breathe hard Wait She calculates, probably a record
She'll probably say, "Mr Jostleplu performance, we've decided to offer you an executive position" She comes back with the bin "What ould like you to do is take these envelopes-- in each one you will find four sheets of paper Take out the pages and separate them into four piles-one for white, one for blue, one for red, and one for green
"You mean the envelopes I just stuffed, you wanta pointless task Oh the uselessness of life! "No problem" I blame the lawyers, and of course the politicians Most of allBla
After ninety days, the nurse finally stauard nurse, display e hand with the letters upside down She unlocks the door
De, "Have a nice day"
Just a free citizen walking in a hospital Feels good The last roup Zoom in on the one attractive wouards fifteen feet away They don't hassleNobody knows I'm a mental patient I'h automatic doors Outside It's a beautiful day Huzzah
Life is good Have my own room on a quiet clean street next to the expressway concrete sound barrier The steps are newly constructed, unpainted You can see the nails Beggars aren't choosers This makaloo puts up sheets of drywall, creates five-by-ten rooes us three-twenty-five a month We share the kitchen and bathroom Not as clean as the hospital Myfaces the front porch
Sit lotus position on the front step for hours Watch the cars and people go by, watch the birds and squirrels, look at the intricate beauty of the clouds and trees
A car passes, radio playing a coet when you coers with real artificial bacon flavor?"