The Bureau of Dreams to be Continued by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

The Bureau of Dreams to be Continued

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More loudly expressed than his numerous previous suggestions of “repair,” Little Cigar said; “Oh,” in an attempted, contractor indication of ruinous, unfortunate astonishment; prior to his overly eager, “surprising” follow-up; “We can hep ya out with that.”

He was indeed surprised. He stared at the hollow groove, saw no imperfections, and supposed that the original builder intended it to appear as it did. He said; “What’s wrong with it?” amused and in full anticipation of the reply which he thought would follow.

Little Cigar approached the recessed window. His hands gesticulated in an initially haphazard and animated manner. His eyes periodically peered at him as if to say; “You’re either blind or kidding me.” This bold activity culminated in a rather subdued and restrained set of hands with palms to their respective sides and, while unlike the olfactory proclivities demonstrated by his partner; he witnessed the most bulging of facially intrusive eyeballs. Their sheer size and red, veiny appearance was something he had never previously encountered more close up than in Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange,” and that required artificially induced openings and a lot of makeup.