Pyramid Cavort Post-Stratum XIII

Excerpt: The Inherited Will to Toast

Gutts, J. (1976). The inherited will to toast.
Heritageville: Orville (out of print).

A poolside picnic table at Lac des Cloches, before the Fourth Stratum.
A young Scarlatti, Nuveti, Vascetta and Malinconico cavort in high spirit amidst the birkenbier und würste as summer begins to wane.
   The gesture is a reflex passed down through blood. The hearty atmosphere motivates the spirit, and so the young lad involuntarily reaches for the first thing within grasp...

Classic City Arcade 0115

Mr Dutch offering the Tuesday night sandwich board chalk duty at the Sideboob... Scotty K. breaking Mack’s pneumatic door hinge... Ms ’Chelle B encouraging patrons to “puz”... “Mr O” unclogging clogs... The Men’s Lodge enjoying a surfeit of milk crates...

“The Inherited Will to Toast”

 
Aus den Trauben der Snoqualmie zum lokalen Senf...
On the shores of Lac des Cloches, a young Scarlatti reflexively thrusts a condiment receptacle in the air when the shutter snaps…
And years later, old Courier One does the same with his Riesling am Danksagung...