It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
I cannot live without the oxygen of laughter = DAWN POWELL ... !!! ... But laughter cannot survive without the hydrogen of gravitas = PAUL OLIVERIO
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Friday, November 2, 2018

Albert Camus + 3 New York Hippies In A 1968 Volkswgen Bug

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Paul, Kevin and Paul
a/k/a
Gretschel, O'Grady, and Oliverio
did what came natural
to New York hippies
in the summer of '68:
we drove to California

Gretschel was our leader

He had already visited
California twice
that summer

O'grady was our philosopher

His Jackson Heights reefer
was superior to the Pauls'
Flushing foliage

Oliverio was the wheelie:
the Bug was a graduation gift
from his parents

We drove more than
7000 miles in ten days
but the car had only
666 miles on the odometer
before we left Long Island

The fun and the follies
were immeasurable
and unforgettable

But this page is about
a very small moment
when Kevin was reading a book
in the back seat
of the bug

I was in the passenger seat
and we started talking about
the book: Albert Camus'  
The Stranger

I had read it
as a high school senior

Gretschel was driving
and was disengaged
from the discourse

Kevin mentioned that
Camus died in a car crash

We were somewhere
in the Rocky Mountains
when the driver asked:

Didn't Camus write
The Myth of Sisyphus?
 
I didn't know the answer
but Kevin did

The answer was
YES

I asked
"Did Camus also write
Myther SissyFoot?"

Okay, this trio
consisted of
two intelligent
New York hippies
and one idiot
who wasn't smart enough
to include any photos
on a travelogue page
  
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