MDMD 9 some notes

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Otto wrote:
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> Tell me, is this "slick" to be understood positive or negative?
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> Otto

Positive! 

Deftly executed; adroit...wily

Sorry, not the best word to describe P. 

superficially attractive or plausible but lacking depth or soundness;
glib: a slick writing style. (AHD) 

I have friends in the music business, they're a lot like Astronomers and
Cab drivers, staying up all night, drinking lots of coffee or doing
whatever to keep awake if not sane, and they use the word a lot, it's
too slick, over slick, slick, slick, slick...
I've learned to ignore the word. I listen for tones and study their 
contorted expressions. 

There was a Jesuit, a Corsican, and a Baker
Sitting in a pew with a Quaker. 
The Corsican was shorter than the rest
So he wore pink high heels and metals on his chest. 
The Quaker was sleeping, dreaming of his Alice
She was sitting behind them pissing in a catholic chalice
She leaned over and said, 
"I do this 
>From a great need to piss
And not from sectarian malice."  
Alice was a Baptist from Bath
She loved to  drink, to make love and to laugh
She was in love with a monk named Augustine
The Baker, to her he turned,
his face was red as if he'd been burned, saying, 
"Your conduct is really disgusting." 
"Give an English kiss to my ass," said Alice. 
And she emptied her chalice on the Quaker. 
The Quaker's dreams were infected
The piss having having somehow directed
his dreams to the horrors of slavery 
and of vices both obscene and unsavory....