"Ray Vukcevich - Tongues" - читать интересную книгу автора (Vukcevich Ray) TONGUES
RAY VUKCEVICH “All the astrologers will be castrated.” Leonardo da Vinci 1 Prophecy as Pathology When one half of the team descended into dark depression, there was nothing for the other half to do but go along for the ride. But even if the outcome was known, the process had to be respected. Shelly needed to be talked into it. “I predict,” she said, “that if we run off to Borneo on this wild goose chase of yours, we will come to grief.” “And what do you base this prediction on?” Marc asked. “Common sense?” “Look, I’ve totally lost it, Shell,” he said. “If we don’t do this, what will we do instead? And if we don’t do it now, then when?” “You’re channeling some kind of political speech from the past, aren’t you?” “Maybe from the future,” he said. “I don’t know. I can no longer predict what I can predict. There is a strange spiritual sickness eating away at my brain.” She put a cup of tea down in front of him. “What do you want to do?” “Thanks,” he said. “I see us in an exotic seaside grotto kissing the starfish on the smooth wet stone walls.” “Borneo,” he said. “I’m not entirely sure where Borneo is,” Shelly said, “A long long way from Chicago, no doubt, and I predict we can’t afford to go there.” 69 Polyphony 5 RAY VUKCEVICH 2 Symptoms and Events “Leonardo is making fun of me,” Marc said. “Who?” “Leonardo da Vinci,” he said. “Look here.” Shelly threw down her pencil and got up from her desk where she had been preparing a chart for one of their regular clients. She came over to his desk where he was supposed to be working, too, instead of acting like a big baby. “Don’t give me that look,” he said. “I am not acting like a baby.” He showed her the prediction. “But maybe more than half of all astrologers are women.” She sounded |
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