The Ballad of VP of Public Relations, Donald Weismuller - pt 4

a multi-part sequential sci-fi-hai-ku in which everything that can happen does, depending on your point of view, by Joel E.


in which Don learns fear.
and Craig learns quantum physics
and still more suspense

awake, three am
the note, the phone call, they stir.
a pill, and then sleep.

awake at the dawn.
questions return with the sun.
shake it off, get up.

in his car, a note.
another one, dare he read?
he dares not today.

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"it's just a rumor,
murmers spoken in hushed tones,
but it frightens me"

the prof. takes a breath
"all that can happen does so
at least in theory"

"I don't understand"
"level 1 multi domain...
in short, paralell"

"goatees and evil?"
"well yes, but not exactly"
"you must be joking"

they talk about strings
quantum particles and loops
he barely keeps up.

"there's a dimension
for each possibility?"
"in essense, correct."

"okay, back up now
what's that have to do with it?
the girl? the others?"

"the Fabricator
do you think it fabricates?
no, craig, it does not."

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"you will know the truth
I will make you know the truth"
cold sweat as don reads.
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