Monday 13 December 2021

[No. 960] Interview with the cosmos

Totally one! ... For a little eternity.

And, uh ...[1], and ... what can I ask?[1], and, uh ...[2], and, uh, uh ...[1], and ... what can I ask?[2], and I'll tell you the truth, my kook(s) ... I'm lost for words - and that's not a bad thing ... actually, it's a beautiful thing[1], and, uh, uh ...[2], and, uh, uh, uh ...[1], and I'll tell you the truth, my kook(s) ... I'm lost for words - and that's not a bad thing ... actually, it's a beautiful thing[2], and a-ROUND here ... how do I feel? ... same as usual?[1], and, uh, uh, uh ...[2], and I don't know[1], and a-ROUND here ... how do I feel? ... same as usual?[2], and maybe I should let my ego slip away for a moment or two ...[1], and I don't know[2], and, ah, that's nice ... I feel relaxed[1], and maybe I should let my eg o slip away for a moment or two ...[2], and ... 'Hello, er ... Mikey!'[1], and, ah, that's nice ... I feel relaxed[2], and ... what???[1], and ... 'Hello, er ... Mikey!'[2], and, Christ! ... I can't even recognize that name ... being so GONE(!!!), like ... oh, who is this "Mikey" ... ???[1], and ... what???[2], and ... 'Ask me a question, you pure spirit'[1], and, Christ! ... I can't even recognize that name ... being so GONE(!!!), like ... oh, who is this "Mikey" ... ???[2], and yeah, yeah[1], and ... 'Ask me a question, you pure spirit'[2], and, listen ... if this is you, Voice, and your idea of a joke ... you're in big trouble, son[1], and yeah, yeah[2], and ... 'Just ask me a question'[1], and, listen ... if this is you, Voice, and your idea of a joke ... you're in big trouble, son[2], and, okay, okay ... How can I get two more big songs to finish my BIG TEN? / Ha, ha, ha! ... answer that one, genius![1], and ... 'Just ask me a question'[2], and ... /// /// ///[1], and, okay, okay ... How can I get two more big songs to finish my BIG TEN? / Ha, ha, ha! ... answer that one, genius![2], and, right ... "it" can answer[1], and ... /// /// ///[2], and ... 'You have to be less Mikey, and more pure spirit ... yes, in dreams ... so sleep more!'[1], and, right ... "it" can answer[2], and I don't like sleeping ...[1], and ... 'You have to be less Mikey, and more pure spirit ... yes, in dreams ... so sleep more!'[2], and maybe I should spin more??? ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND[1], and I don't like sleeping ...[2], and, okay, okay ... Who are you?[1], and maybe I should spin more??? ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND[2], and ... 'I am everyone, and everything'[1], and, okay, okay ... Who are you?[2], and, bloody hell! ... that's nice work if you can get it[1], and ... 'I am everyone, and everything'[2], and it's not the Voice, kook(s)![1], and, bloody hell! ... that's nice work if you can get it[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / and this is so crazy! ... and how dizzy am I, exactly?[1], and it's not the Voice, kook(s)![2], and ... 'You have one more question ... make it good'[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / and this is so crazy! ... and how dizzy am I, exactly?[2], and, let me think ...[1], and ... 'You have one more question ... make it good'[2], and ... 'Come on!'[1], and, let me think ...[2], and I'm really thinking ... and feeling[1], and ... 'Come on!'[2], and, oh, I know![1], and I'm really thinking ... and feeling[2], and ... I'm going to whisper it in your big cosmic ear - if you have one[1], and, oh, I know![2], and ... 'I don't, but all right'[1], and ... I'm going to whisper it in your big cosmic ear - if you have one[2], and, okay, okay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... / and did you hear that?[1], and ... 'I don't, but all right'[2], and ... 'I'm going to whisper in your small human ear now'[1], and, okay, okay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... / and did you hear that?[2], and, FFS! ... don't shout![1], and ... 'I'm going to whisper in your small human ear now'[2], and ... 'Sorry'[1], and, FFS! ... don't shout![2], and ... /// /// ///[1], and ... 'Sorry'[2], and, right ... okay ... yeah, okay ... ha! ... oh, right ... thank you![1], and ... /// /// ///[2], and, again![1], and, right ... okay ... yeah, okay ... ha! ... oh, right ... thank you![2], and, uh ...[3], and, again![2], and ... what can I ask?[3], and, uh, uh ...[3], and I'll tell you the truth, my kook(s) ... I'm lost for words - and that's not a bad thing ... actually it's a beautiful thing[3], and, uh, uh, uh ...[3], and a-ROUND here ... how do I feel? ... same as usual?[3], and I don't know[3], and maybe I should let my e  g  o slip away for a moment or two ...[3], and, ah, that's nice ... I feel relaxed[3], and ... 'Hello, er ... Mikey!'[3], and ... what???[3], and, Christ! ... I can't even recognize that name ... being so GONE(!!!), like ... oh, who is this "Mikey" ... ???[3], and ... 'Ask me a question, you pure spirit'[3], and yeah, yeah[3], and, listen ... if this is you, Voice, and your idea of a joke ... you're in big trouble, son[3], and ... 'Just ask me a question'[3], and, okay, okay ... How can I get two more big songs to finish my BIG TEN? / Ha, ha, ha! ... answer that one, genius![3], and ... /// /// ///[3], and, right ... "it" can answer[3], and ... 'You have to be less Mikey, and more pure spirit ... yes, in dreams ... so sleep more!'[3], and I don't like sleeping ...[3], and maybe I should spin more??? ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND[3], and, okay, okay ... Who are you?[3], and ... 'I am everyone, and everything'[3], and, bloody hell! ... that's nice work if you can get it[3], and it's not the Voice, kook(s)![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / and this is so crazy! ... and how dizzy am I, exactly?[3], and ... 'You have one more question ... make it good'[3], and, let me think ...[3], and ... 'Come on!'[3], and I'm really thinking ... and feeling[3], and, oh, I know![3], and ... I'm going to whisper it in your big cosmic ear - if you have one[3], and ... 'I don't, but all right'[3], and, okay, okay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... / and did you hear that?[3], and ... 'I'm going to whisper in your small human ear now'[3], and, FFS! ... don't shout![3], and ... 'Sorry'[3], and ... /// /// ///[3], and, right ... okay ... yeah, okay ... ha! ... oh, right ... thank you![3], and, again![3], and

And, uh ...[1], and ... what can I ask?[1], and, uh ...[2], and, uh, uh ...[1], and ... what can I ask?[2], and I'll tell you the truth, my kook(s) ... I'm lost for words - and that's not a bad thing ... actually, it's a beautiful thing[1], and, uh, uh ...[2], and, uh, uh, uh ...[1], and I'll tell you the truth, my kook(s) ... I'm lost for words - and that's not a bad thing ... actually, it's a beautiful thing[2], and a-ROUND here ... how do I feel? ... same as usual?[1], and, uh, uh, uh ...[2], and I don't know[1], and a-ROUND here ... how do I feel? ... same as usual?[2], and maybe I should let my ego slip away for a moment or two ...[1], and I don't know[2], and, ah, that's nice ... I feel relaxed[1], and maybe I should let my eg o slip away for a moment or two ...[2], and ... 'Hello, er ... Mikey!'[1], and, ah, that's nice ... I feel relaxed[2], and ... what???[1], and ... 'Hello, er ... Mikey!'[2], and, Christ! ... I can't even recognize that name ... being so GONE(!!!), like ... oh, who is this "Mikey" ... ???[1], and ... what???[2], and ... 'Ask me a question, you pure spirit'[1], and, Christ! ... I can't even recognize that name ... being so GONE(!!!), like ... oh, who is this "Mikey" ... ???[2], and yeah, yeah[1], and ... 'Ask me a question, you pure spirit'[2], and, listen ... if this is you, Voice, and your idea of a joke ... you're in big trouble, son[1], and yeah, yeah[2], and ... 'Just ask me a question'[1], and, listen ... if this is you, Voice, and your idea of a joke ... you're in big trouble, son[2], and, okay, okay ... How can I get two more big songs to finish my BIG TEN? / Ha, ha, ha! ... answer that one, genius![1], and ... 'Just ask me a question'[2], and ... /// /// ///[1], and, okay, okay ... How can I get two more big songs to finish my BIG TEN? / Ha, ha, ha! ... answer that one, genius![2], and, right ... "it" can answer[1], and ... /// /// ///[2], and ... 'You have to be less Mikey, and more pure spirit ... yes, in dreams ... so sleep more!'[1], and, right ... "it" can answer[2], and I don't like sleeping ...[1], and ... 'You have to be less Mikey, and more pure spirit ... yes, in dreams ... so sleep more!'[2], and maybe I should spin more??? ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND[1], and I don't like sleeping ...[2], and, okay, okay ... Who are you?[1], and maybe I should spin more??? ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND[2], and ... 'I am everyone, and everything'[1], and, okay, okay ... Who are you?[2], and, bloody hell! ... that's nice work if you can get it[1], and ... 'I am everyone, and everything'[2], and it's not the Voice, kook(s)![1], and, bloody hell! ... that's nice work if you can get it[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / and this is so crazy! ... and how dizzy am I, exactly?[1], and it's not the Voice, kook(s)![2], and ... 'You have one more question ... make it good'[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / and this is so crazy! ... and how dizzy am I, exactly?[2], and, let me think ...[1], and ... 'You have one more question ... make it good'[2], and ... 'Come on!'[1], and, let me think ...[2], and I'm really thinking ... and feeling[1], and ... 'Come on!'[2], and, oh, I know![1], and I'm really thinking ... and feeling[2], and ... I'm going to whisper it in your big cosmic ear - if you have one[1], and, oh, I know![2], and ... 'I don't, but all right'[1], and ... I'm going to whisper it in your big cosmic ear - if you have one[2], and, okay, okay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... / and did you hear that?[1], and ... 'I don't, but all right'[2], and ... 'I'm going to whisper in your small human ear now'[1], and, okay, okay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... / and did you hear that?[2], and, FFS! ... don't shout![1], and ... 'I'm going to whisper in your small human ear now'[2], and ... 'Sorry'[1], and, FFS! ... don't shout![2], and ... /// /// ///[1], and ... 'Sorry'[2], and, right ... okay ... yeah, okay ... ha! ... oh, right ... thank you![1], and ... /// /// ///[2], and, again![1], and, right ... okay ... yeah, okay ... ha! ... oh, right ... thank you![2], and, uh ...[3], and, again![2], and ... what can I ask?[3], and, uh, uh ...[3], and I'll tell you the truth, my kook(s) ... I'm lost for words - and that's not a bad thing ... actually it's a beautiful thing[3], and, uh, uh, uh ...[3], and a-ROUND here ... how do I feel? ... same as usual?[3], and I don't know[3], and maybe I should let my e  g  o slip away for a moment or two ...[3], and, ah, that's nice ... I feel relaxed[3], and ... 'Hello, er ... Mikey!'[3], and ... what???[3], and, Christ! ... I can't even recognize that name ... being so GONE(!!!), like ... oh, who is this "Mikey" ... ???[3], and ... 'Ask me a question, you pure spirit'[3], and yeah, yeah[3], and, listen ... if this is you, Voice, and your idea of a joke ... you're in big trouble, son[3], and ... 'Just ask me a question'[3], and, okay, okay ... How can I get two more big songs to finish my BIG TEN? / Ha, ha, ha! ... answer that one, genius![3], and ... /// /// ///[3], and, right ... "it" can answer[3], and ... 'You have to be less Mikey, and more pure spirit ... yes, in dreams ... so sleep more!'[3], and I don't like sleeping ...[3], and maybe I should spin more??? ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND[3], and, okay, okay ... Who are you?[3], and ... 'I am everyone, and everything'[3], and, bloody hell! ... that's nice work if you can get it[3], and it's not the Voice, kook(s)![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / and this is so crazy! ... and how dizzy am I, exactly?[3], and ... 'You have one more question ... make it good'[3], and, let me think ...[3], and ... 'Come on!'[3], and I'm really thinking ... and feeling[3], and, oh, I know![3], and ... I'm going to whisper it in your big cosmic ear - if you have one[3], and ... 'I don't, but all right'[3], and, okay, okay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... / and did you hear that?[3], and ... 'I'm going to whisper in your small human ear now'[3], and, FFS! ... don't shout![3], and ... 'Sorry'[3], and ... /// /// ///[3], and, right ... okay ... yeah, okay ... ha! ... oh, right ... thank you![3], and, again![3], and

And, uh ...[1], and ... what can I ask?[1], and, uh ...[2], and, uh, uh ...[1], and ... what can I ask?[2], and I'll tell you the truth, my kook(s) ... I'm lost for words - and that's not a bad thing ... actually, it's a beautiful thing[1], and, uh, uh ...[2], and, uh, uh, uh ...[1], and I'll tell you the truth, my kook(s) ... I'm lost for words - and that's not a bad thing ... actually, it's a beautiful thing[2], and a-ROUND here ... how do I feel? ... same as usual?[1], and, uh, uh, uh ...[2], and I don't know[1], and a-ROUND here ... how do I feel? ... same as usual?[2], and maybe I should let my ego slip away for a moment or two ...[1], and I don't know[2], and, ah, that's nice ... I feel relaxed[1], and maybe I should let my eg o slip away for a moment or two ...[2], and ... 'Hello, er ... Mikey!'[1], and, ah, that's nice ... I feel relaxed[2], and ... what???[1], and ... 'Hello, er ... Mikey!'[2], and, Christ! ... I can't even recognize that name ... being so GONE(!!!), like ... oh, who is this "Mikey" ... ???[1], and ... what???[2], and ... 'Ask me a question, you pure spirit'[1], and, Christ! ... I can't even recognize that name ... being so GONE(!!!), like ... oh, who is this "Mikey" ... ???[2], and yeah, yeah[1], and ... 'Ask me a question, you pure spirit'[2], and, listen ... if this is you, Voice, and your idea of a joke ... you're in big trouble, son[1], and yeah, yeah[2], and ... 'Just ask me a question'[1], and, listen ... if this is you, Voice, and your idea of a joke ... you're in big trouble, son[2], and, okay, okay ... How can I get two more big songs to finish my BIG TEN? / Ha, ha, ha! ... answer that one, genius![1], and ... 'Just ask me a question'[2], and ... /// /// ///[1], and, okay, okay ... How can I get two more big songs to finish my BIG TEN? / Ha, ha, ha! ... answer that one, genius![2], and, right ... "it" can answer[1], and ... /// /// ///[2], and ... 'You have to be less Mikey, and more pure spirit ... yes, in dreams ... so sleep more!'[1], and, right ... "it" can answer[2], and I don't like sleeping ...[1], and ... 'You have to be less Mikey, and more pure spirit ... yes, in dreams ... so sleep more!'[2], and maybe I should spin more??? ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND[1], and I don't like sleeping ...[2], and, okay, okay ... Who are you?[1], and maybe I should spin more??? ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND[2], and ... 'I am everyone, and everything'[1], and, okay, okay ... Who are you?[2], and, bloody hell! ... that's nice work if you can get it[1], and ... 'I am everyone, and everything'[2], and it's not the Voice, kook(s)![1], and, bloody hell! ... that's nice work if you can get it[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / and this is so crazy! ... and how dizzy am I, exactly?[1], and it's not the Voice, kook(s)![2], and ... 'You have one more question ... make it good'[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / and this is so crazy! ... and how dizzy am I, exactly?[2], and, let me think ...[1], and ... 'You have one more question ... make it good'[2], and ... 'Come on!'[1], and, let me think ...[2], and I'm really thinking ... and feeling[1], and ... 'Come on!'[2], and, oh, I know![1], and I'm really thinking ... and feeling[2], and ... I'm going to whisper it in your big cosmic ear - if you have one[1], and, oh, I know![2], and ... 'I don't, but all right'[1], and ... I'm going to whisper it in your big cosmic ear - if you have one[2], and, okay, okay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... / and did you hear that?[1], and ... 'I don't, but all right'[2], and ... 'I'm going to whisper in your small human ear now'[1], and, okay, okay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... / and did you hear that?[2], and, FFS! ... don't shout![1], and ... 'I'm going to whisper in your small human ear now'[2], and ... 'Sorry'[1], and, FFS! ... don't shout![2], and ... /// /// ///[1], and ... 'Sorry'[2], and, right ... okay ... yeah, okay ... ha! ... oh, right ... thank you![1], and ... /// /// ///[2], and, again![1], and, right ... okay ... yeah, okay ... ha! ... oh, right ... thank you![2], and, uh ...[3], and, again![2], and ... what can I ask?[3], and, uh, uh ...[3], and I'll tell you the truth, my kook(s) ... I'm lost for words - and that's not a bad thing ... actually it's a beautiful thing[3], and, uh, uh, uh ...[3], and a-ROUND here ... how do I feel? ... same as usual?[3], and I don't know[3], and maybe I should let my e  g  o slip away for a moment or two ...[3], and, ah, that's nice ... I feel relaxed[3], and ... 'Hello, er ... Mikey!'[3], and ... what???[3], and, Christ! ... I can't even recognize that name ... being so GONE(!!!), like ... oh, who is this "Mikey" ... ???[3], and ... 'Ask me a question, you pure spirit'[3], and yeah, yeah[3], and, listen ... if this is you, Voice, and your idea of a joke ... you're in big trouble, son[3], and ... 'Just ask me a question'[3], and, okay, okay ... How can I get two more big songs to finish my BIG TEN? / Ha, ha, ha! ... answer that one, genius![3], and ... /// /// ///[3], and, right ... "it" can answer[3], and ... 'You have to be less Mikey, and more pure spirit ... yes, in dreams ... so sleep more!'[3], and I don't like sleeping ...[3], and maybe I should spin more??? ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND[3], and, okay, okay ... Who are you?[3], and ... 'I am everyone, and everything'[3], and, bloody hell! ... that's nice work if you can get it[3], and it's not the Voice, kook(s)![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND / and this is so crazy! ... and how dizzy am I, exactly?[3], and ... 'You have one more question ... make it good'[3], and, let me think ...[3], and ... 'Come on!'[3], and I'm really thinking ... and feeling[3], and, oh, I know![3], and ... I'm going to whisper it in your big cosmic ear - if you have one[3], and ... 'I don't, but all right'[3], and, okay, okay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... / and did you hear that?[3], and ... 'I'm going to whisper in your small human ear now'[3], and, FFS! ... don't shout![3], and ... 'Sorry'[3], and ... /// /// ///[3], and, right ... okay ... yeah, okay ... ha! ... oh, right ... thank you![3], and, again![3], and