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[notwalking]

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by
     madness, starving hysterical naked,
dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn
     looking for an angry fix,
angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly
     connection to the starry dynamo in the macery of night,
who poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed and high sat
     up smoking in the supernatural darkness of
     cold-water flats floating across the tops of cities
     contemplating jazz

Look. Let's forget yesterday ever fucking happened. I'm going to, at least.

Thanks for the career advice, Petrelli. Misguided as it was, I'm acting on it. You'll thank me later.

In honor of tomorrow, I'm flipping a coin. Heads, I drop out of school once and for all. Tails, I hold out until graduation.


Ah, it landed on its side. What were the odds. I am the master of my fate.

Comments

[deliberately]

I guess not. But you were just going to leave us behind.

[ Filter: Neil ]

[notwalking]

That was kind of one of the hang ups. Given more time and, you know, less of a fucking blind panic, it wouldn't have happened like that.

And anyway, it doesn't matter now. It was a joke, I'm still here, you can stop being a spaz about it.

[ Filter: Charlie ]

[deliberately]

I like the Ginsberg.

[ Filter: Neil ]

[notwalking]

It's apt. I've been reading a lot of his stuff lately.

[ Filter: Charlie ]

[deliberately]

So what's the big career plan? You're not actually going to try and be a pirate, are you Charlie?

[ Filter: Neil ]

[notwalking]

Don't be an idiot, there's no ocean here.

Newspaper. I'm going to start educating the public on their government. Kind of, I mean, I'm going to take whatever position they give me to start off with, but the ultimate goal is a little grander.

[ Filter: Charlie ]

[deliberately]

You're seriously going to be a journalist? That's neat, I think you'd be good at that.

[ Filter: Neil ]

[notwalking]

Thanks, slick. I think I would too. See, doing something noble with my life. You don't need to worry about me.

[ Filter: Charlie ]

[deliberately]

But I'm going to anyway. Sorry.

[ Filter: Neil ]

[notwalking]

I figured.

[ Filter: Neil ]

[notwalking]

Although the pirate thing still stands. Sword training's fun.

[ Filter: Charlie ]

[deliberately]

Swash swash, buckle buckle.

[ Filter: Neil ]

[notwalking]

More or less. Not all poetry is words, etc.