Right after college I had a job at a photofinishing lab on the night shift. My best friend there was a fellow about my age named Pat Louden – he was a history major which was why he worked the night shift at a photo lab. I was a cinema major, which was why I did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We used to have philosophic conversations in the lunch room at about 2 AM. I once told him I felt like walking up one wall of the room, across the ceiling and down the other side. He looking up and very seriously proclaimed “Don’t trip over the pipe.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another time we were speaking of the visions that come in the night and he said, with gravity, “Dreams? I have dreams… (dramatic pause) Sometimes I wake up laughing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once, when he was laughing, he accidentally splattered me with saliva, and when I told him he responded, “I should have expectorated that…”When he would walk in I once said, “Ah – the pitter feet of little Pat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes, those are just some of the memories of my nine to five job – nine at night until five in the morning<\/p>\n\n\n\n
.Moving on. We’re walking, and we’re walking….From “A Tour of My Mind – The Oily Years”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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