"Jack Womack - Ambient 06 - Going, Going, Gone" - читать интересную книгу автора (Womack Jack)

my wingtips тАУ circles inside of stars, looked downright masonic
if you ask me тАУ when I heard those jingle bells ring. In my
mildly altered condition it never would have occurred to me
that Martin would never blitz his own battleground, so I
jumped. Only natural considering my iffy relationship with DCs
boys in blue. Luckily enough, before I could make for the John
and drown my bagged cat I realized I was only hearing the
phone, and so I restashed my stash. Usually I unplug the ringer
at check-in, but this time it had slipped my mind. You always
risk clipping a good buzz in mid-hum, when you sign on for a
twenty-four-hour shift. Goes with the territory.
┬╗Morning,┬л I shouted at the receiver, trying to remember
which end was which.
┬╗Evening,┬л Bennett said. ┬╗CanтАЩt you tell the difference?┬л
┬╗Six of one, half dozen of the other.┬л
┬╗Are you drunk?┬л
┬╗DogтАЩs on the leash,┬л I assured him.
┬╗You finish the distribution?┬л
┬╗Hold on.┬л My hand was getting numb. IтАЩd put a tourniquet
round my arm with the phone cord somehow and thought IтАЩd
better unwrap it before I could spontaneously amputate. ┬╗You
were saying?┬л
┬╗Was there anything left to distribute?┬л
From afar Bennett came on like a Harvard Dillinger, but up
close you knew he was just another dental hygienist. On his
evolutionary scale I topped out around Fishhead level тАУ try as
he might, he never cottoned to watching his boss treat me like
Future Man. Too bad for Benny but Martin and I went back
many moons, plus we had more in common than old Ivy
League ever would with either of us. ┬╗Cut the jтАЩaccuse,┬л I said.
┬╗Produce reached the market.┬л
┬╗Speak English.┬л
┬╗Speaking.┬л
┬╗What about it, then?┬л
┬╗About what, my brother?┬л
┬╗DonтАЩt brother me.┬л
┬╗Not to offend. I mean only in the broader sense.┬л
 ┬╗WhenтАЩll the wolves start howling?┬л
┬╗English, Bennett. Please.┬л
┬╗When should the roundup start?┬л
I reviewed my own experience. ┬╗Body phase lasts maybe
twenty minutes. Then it calms down a little and you think
everythingтАЩs square. All of a sudden chemistry takes the wheel
and you park yourself in Mars orbit for nine hours or so, de-
pending on whether or not you ate beforehand. DuPont boys be
able to handle that?┬л
┬╗TheyтАЩre capable men.┬л
┬╗You say so. Motto of a park rangerтАЩs be prepared.┬л
┬╗Oh, hell тАУ┬л
Help.