ah one has strayed from the herd | hello smoke person gaah! | holy shit dude! i mean, greetings fellow survivor of whom i thought there were no more. | you're really here and not just a figment of my malnourished imagination aren't you? yes | cool, um ... hi, i'm william roberts but everyone calls me billy bob. it's a pleasure to meet you. hello william roberts it is a pleasure to meet you also | this is great. i've gotta tell you, it was really depressing to think that we were the only survivors. who is we | there's a group of us who've settled in an old farm house not too far from here. i can't wait to tell them we are not alone. this is too cool. | actually there are many enclaves such as yours all over the country wow, shit, really? and you've met these other people? | some i still have a ways to go before i meet everyone but i no longer despair of not doing so | you want to meet everyone... in the world? certainly i wish to meet everyone and look them in the eye as i greet them | well, that's a little weird man but a little nice too so it's all good. | i guess that's not such an impossible goal now that pretty much everyone is dead. my thoughts precisely |
by Lliam Amor, Dan Beeston and the Goatlord.
©2009 Dan Beeston
Rejoice, fans of the Smoke People!
For lo, they were not just a throw away line in a nothing strip. They have substance and maybe, even, meaning.
Time will tell, time will tell.
(or if you're reading this in the archives, just hit the "next" button to find out what happens ... next)
(Dan's Note: These guys are in no way related the Church of the Oppressive Light. They're bronze rather than brown.)