Not P but DFW: Series Start

Mike Jing gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
Fri Sep 13 02:04:59 UTC 2024


The following excerpt is from David Foster Wallace’s *The Broom of the
System*, Chapter 8, Section e:

“You better get a drip ready. Call up on five and fill them in, Cathy, OK?
First get the drip.”
“Shit.”
“Thanks, you guys. Shorlit, you want to see if he’s got ID?”
“I’ll roll him over.”
“It’s pretty much kicked.”
“Christ, he wet his pants.”
“I’m going to call up and let Golden know we didn’t murder anybody.”
“No ID.”
“Check his chest. A necklace, tags.”
“Umm . . .”
“Undo him. It’s OK, it kicked.”
“I’m gonna go call. Try to find ID, then take him over to *Series Start*.”

What is "Series Start"? Here we are in a hospital, and they are dealing
with a psychiatric patient.


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