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"Fuck You, Mr. Man."
I stared at her.
"Never heard of it, eh?"
"Oh! That's the name! I thought I was being too nosy."
She laughed. "It's funny we didn't get that reaction more often, but we
were well
known in the hardcore scene."
"Like hardcore punk rock?"
She nodded.
"What happened on tour?" I asked, thrilled to have her ear for so long.
I had the
uncanny sensation of being the shy guy in the movie, who, because of a
disaster or an alien
invasion or some other happy circumstance, is trapped with a beautiful girl in
a diner or an
abandoned cinema. They pass the time by telling each other stories, dancing to
old jukebox
tunes, and necking.
Then Frank shuffled in and ruined it all. He pulled his Maple Leafs
toque off his pink
head and despite my mental command of *counter, counter, counter,* he took a
table. Coot.
The stool squeaked when she stood. My plate glinted greasily under the
lights, as a
good diner plate should, and I tilted my head slightly to see if the
refraction would reveal small
things about the future.

The man held up a jar with a label reading "Bug Cemetery." It even had a
little
gravestone on it.
Ken laughed and whispered, "This guy is great. He's so *deep* about the
whole thing."
I nodded and smiled, but I was a bit annoyed. It was definitely catering
to children, and
I had called ahead to make sure it wasn't going to be a kiddie thing. But Ken
and I were the
only attendees whose feet weren't dangling, and the territory he was going
over was very
familiar to me.
 "They have a tiny kingdom of their own, these little critters, so don't
think you own
them. They might bring back an army of their friends and attack you some day!"
The man's face
was pouchy but quite lively, and his little talk was better than average. It
was funny (well, eight-
year-old funny) and taught that the insect world was to be marvelled at, not
just observed.
Ken was watching the kids in the audience, mostly. Making faces at one
of them. I was