National Punctuation Day

[Heikki Raudaskoski]

"I-*say*," offers Rózsavölgyi [. . .]

"You say *what*," Roger has been screaming for a while.

"I-*say*," sez Rózsavölgyi, again.

"You say, 'I say'? Is that it? Then you should have said, 'I say, "I say."' "

"I did."

"No, no--you said, 'I say,' *once*, is what you--"

"A-*ha*! But I *said* it *again*. I-said it ... *twice*."

"But that was after I asked you the question--you can't tell me the two 'I
say's were both part of the same statement," unless, "that's asking me to
be unreasonably," unless it's really true that, "credulous, and around
*you* that's a form of," that we're the *same person*, and that the whole
exchange was ONE SINGLE THOUGHT yaaaggghhh and that means, "insanity,
Rózsavölgyi--"

(GR, Viking Press 1973, pp. 633-634)


Back home,
Heikki


P.S. Will be in touch soon, Richard - great meeting you! The poem reading
event at the Bowery Poetry Club was beautiful beyond words. Alas, I could
not find the Coetzee book in any of the NYC and DC bookstores I visited
(Strand, Barnes&Noble, Borders). But I did order a copy via the net
yesterday.