Tony Makeshiweg Festival Research Paper

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Page 36, 37 First person point of view I discovered that it was easy to disappear, and that my disappearance was borne lightly by the world at large. My absence left in the fabric of the Makeshiweg Festival was filled soon enough-filled, indeed, by Tony. The show rolled on, as shows do. Where was I? My existence was a mystery, but not one that anyone would be dedicated to solving. I could imagine the chit-chat. Maybe they thought I had a breakdown? Jumped off a bridge? The intensity of my sorrow when my little girl had died- so tragic- and then the way I had immediately became obsessed over that frankly creak-brained wonder very long, because for everyone doing the wondering, other, more pressing concerns would have flowed into the empty space left by my leave, and the ripples of gossip must quickly have subsided. There were skills honed. …show more content…

To the Maestro. To me, wherever I am. I moved my bank account to a branch in Wilmot, two towns away, where I also rented a post office box for myself. I was still alive; I would still need, for instance, to file my tax return. Nothing would set the dogs on my trail so quickly as a failure to comply. Such was the minimum price to be paid for the privilege of walking around on the earth’s crust and continuing to breathe, eat, and shit, I though sourly. I opened a second bank account in the name of Duke, calming this was a none de plume. I am, I explained to the bank, a writer. It pleased me to have an alter ego, one without my own melancholy history. I was washed up, but “F. Duke” might still have a chance; though at what I could not yet

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