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...presents... Argument
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by Markian Gooley
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>>> a cDc publication.......1994 <<<
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-cDc- CULT OF THE DEAD COW -cDc-
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|____digital_media____digital_culture____digital_media____digital_culture____|
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He was winning. "Filthy old harridan," he said to her. New wrinkles
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appeared on her face, more color faded from her hair, and her expression grew
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more peevish.
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"Fat swine, stinking hog, tub of stale lard," she mumbled through what
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teeth she still had, and he grunted as the roll of fat hanging over his belt
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sagged further. He wiped his forehead with his right hand and almost retched
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from the hand's new stench. "Greasy pig," she added, at a loss.
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He saw her weakness. "Decrepit, raddled crone," he said. "Ancient senile
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hag." His tone and thoughts were more vicious than the words, and her hair
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blanched and began to fall out in tufts. Her skin grew translucent with age
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and grew brown spots; her spine bent and she could not straighten it.
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"Schmaltz," she said, spitting out a tooth and trembling. Even to him she
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looked pitiable.
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He let his mind stray for a moment. Without meaning to, he thought of his
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lost love, and looked at his foe. A ghost of his beloved's expression appeared
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on the ravaged face. His eyes filled with tears; he blinked and they wet his
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cheeks. "Dear child," he said.
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At once her back grew straight, and the spots faded from her skin.
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"Ancient, dying old heap of blubber," she said, clearly.
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The pain could have been worse. Angina pectoris, he thought. He shook
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his head. "Sweet young lady," he said, between groans.
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"Cholesterol-clogged, plaque-ridden old lardbucket," she said: soft brown
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hair sprouting on her scalp, white wisps attached to much of it. Her skin was
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perhaps forty. Her expression was malicious and triumphant, her teeth very
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white in her changing face.
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He winced this time. "Gracious, merciful young maiden," he said, in as
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normal a tone as he could, given his agony. He groped for the right words and
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thoughts. "Kind, forgiving child."
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The cruelty and hatred drained out of her; she stared at him, blankly at
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first, and then with growing horror on what was now a girl's face. She
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swallowed hard a few times. "Hale old gentleman," she whispered, and began to
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cry.
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At once he felt better. "Ravishing young lady," he said.
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She wiped her eyes with her pale, delicate young hands. "Strong, healthy
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man," she said in a high, resonant voice.
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His clothes were comfortable again. He glanced at his forearms: the skin
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was lightly tanned, the subcutaneous fat almost back to normal.
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"Exquisite queen among women."
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She had grown remarkably beautiful. She pushed her long, wavy auburn hair
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away from her face, and smiled at him. "Handsome, regal, muscular young man,"
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she said.
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He felt himself changing, felt the weight shifting and the muscles
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growing. "Beloved," he said to her.
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"Beloved," she said to him.
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They embraced. They kissed.
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Presently they walked off together, arm in arm, murmuring endearments and
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improving each other.
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_______ __________________________________________________________________
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(' ') | Save yourself! Go outside! DO SOMETHING! |
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(U) |==================================================================|
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.ooM |Copyright (c) 1994 cDc communications and Markian Gooley. |
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\_______/|All Rights Reserved. 11/01/1994-#282|
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