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"Okay, baby," I say, breathing in "Top fee for a DJ on a Thursday night in Manhattan is five hundred but since we’re in a bind and according to allsince Astrolube and we need you badly we’ll up it to five-forty"

"Thank you, Mr Johnson-excuse me, Mr Ward-but I’ner"

"No, I’m afraid I’m not that either, Mr Ward"

"Well, uh, like who are you then and why a across fro to get ahold of you for weeks," he says

"You’ve been trying to get ahold of et ahold ofthis week, I guess" I pause "Do you have any pot?"

Palakon scans the room, then looks slowly back at lory?" I’ at the re near the Arc de Trioot that whole very well dressed educated rich junkie thing going on,helplessly-"well,up a soft-serve cone in an Idaho Dairy Queen in between painting barn silos, huh?"

Palakon just stares across the table at me I offer hie in New Haently

Staring back at him, I blankly answer, "I took half a year off" Pause "Actually four of them"

"Was the first one in the fall of 1985?" Palakon asks

"Could’ve been" I shrug

"Did you know a Jah, slap my hands on the table "Listen, unless you have a photo-no dice,for a folder sitting next to him "I happen to have photos"