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Minnie and BowWow Discuss Ennui
BowWow: Tell the lady that I’m bored out of my fucking gourd.
Minnie: You tell her. I’m busy.
BowWow: Busy? You’re laying on the stairs like you’re tripped out on something – you know, like dog grass or LSDog. Get it? LSDog! I never took that stuff but I think the people did. Well, one of them.
Minnie: SShh BowWow. I’m trying to quiet my anxieties. I want to be more contemplative. So I’m going to begin a 10-day silent retreat.
BowWow: That’s fucked up. A. What about barking at stuff outside? And B. What about me? Who’s going to talk to me?
Minnie: I don’t know. Maybe you should make other friends.
BowWow: That’s some cold shit, Minnie.
Minnie: I’m thinking of joining an ashram. And maybe taking a vow of silence and possibly poverty as well.
BowWow: What? Like on Call the Midwife? Have you ever watched that? The nuns in their little house? You kind of have the look already, Minnie. It could work.
Minnie: Life has lost its meaning, BowWow. I need to seek a higher purpose.
BowWow: Oh Jesus Fuck. That’s what this is about. You saw that the lady was reading A Dog’s Purpose. It’s just a book, Minnie. That shit about reincarnation, that ain’t real.
Minnie: I’d like to come back as a horse.
BowWow: Ok. That’s it. I’m going to take a pee on the new rug in the living room and then have a nap under their bed. We can pick this up later. Or not. Not would be ok.
Minnie: Seek not and ye shall be sought. Eat that which is left in the bowl. Fill the silent spaces with your dog breath. Leave the golden calf on the table.
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Listen to Jan read her essay “Billy” presented on WUWM’s Lake Effect.
Jan’s essay “At the Breakfast Bar” on WUWM Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “The Parish Hall,” on WUWM Lake Effect May 27, 2020
“Fury Cannot Touch Me,” Modern Love, NYT, 9/29/11
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I thoroughly enjoyed, thank you for sharing the conversation
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