The Santaroga Barrier (2012)
“He recognized the ceiling, but couldn’t locate it in space. His head and shoulder throbbed. Ceiling … familiar ceiling.
A car horn honked. It brought him to the present and awareness. He threw off the twisted folds of his sleeping bag, climbed out into a gray, overcast day. His chin felt rough and stubbly. There was a sour taste in his mouth.
Two passing schoolboys stared at him, whispering.
I must look a sight, Dasein thought. He looked down at his clothes. They were twisted and wrinkled as th...ough he had gone swimming in them and then slept in them until they dried. Dasein smiled to himself, thinking that was exactly what had happened.
He climbed into the cab, turned around and found the main street, drove down it until he saw the Post Office sign over the porch of a general store.
The postmaster had to finish selling candy to a girl before he could come around behind his caged counter to weigh Dasein’s package and letter. The man was tall, pale with thinning black hair, darting, wary blue eyes.MoreLess
A car horn honked. It brought him to the present and awareness. He threw off the twisted folds of his sleeping bag, climbed out into a gray, overcast day. His chin felt rough and stubbly. There was a sour taste in his mouth.
Two passing schoolboys stared at him, whispering.
I must look a sight, Dasein thought. He looked down at his clothes. They were twisted and wrinkled as th...ough he had gone swimming in them and then slept in them until they dried. Dasein smiled to himself, thinking that was exactly what had happened.
He climbed into the cab, turned around and found the main street, drove down it until he saw the Post Office sign over the porch of a general store.
The postmaster had to finish selling candy to a girl before he could come around behind his caged counter to weigh Dasein’s package and letter. The man was tall, pale with thinning black hair, darting, wary blue eyes.MoreLess
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