for my brother Jon
The Forgiveness Parade. Copyright ©1998 by Jeffrey McDaniel. All rights reserved. Published by Manic D Press. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address Manic D Press, Box 410804, San Francisco, California 94141. www.manicdpress.com
Cover design: Scott Idleman/BLINK
ISBN-13: 978-0-916397-55-5
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
McDaniel, Jeffrey, 1967-
The forgiveness parade / Jeffrey McDaniel.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-916397-55-6
I. Title.
PS3563.C3537 F6 1998
811’.54--ddc21
98-25399
CIP
CONTENTS
Postcard From The Hurricane’s Eye
Logic In The House Of Sawed-Off Telescopes
Another Long Night In The Office Of Dreams
Letter To The Woman Who Stopped Writing Me Back
Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fondue
Tour Guide To The Nation’s Capital
Holding a dying creature during childhood will leave the offender with trembling hands for life.
— from Tell the Bees... Belief, Knowledge, and Hypersymbolic Cognition, an exhibit at the Museum of Jurassic Technology
PART ONE