is billy m. damned?

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Is Billy M. Damned?

By

Hope, Ora Ora Tiferetot, Ora, Stephanie, Penelope, Tob

Shbeeb, Tatania, Jenny, Arielle, Kelly, Pekhot, Grouchy,

Yafah, Kabbalah, Marion, Kathleen, Marbah, Donna,

Valerie, Shnoonah, Diana, Bertha, Shay, Amy, Marilyn,Elaine, Teresa, Lizzie, Libby, Honey, Richard, and Billy

McBride


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Copyright 2010, by William McBride

ISBN 978-0-557-58344-7


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Billy M., Pekhot wants to play in Hamlets Apartment.

- Diana


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What the hell is happening to my face?

- Anonymous Ghost


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Billy M., what do you say if people think youre a Nazi?

- Stephanie

I say Im Jewish. Why would I be a Nazi?

- Selfish Billy


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If you really want to be awesome ask a question.

- Arielle


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Would you Pneuma dear like some gum?

- Billy M.

Yes I would. I like cherry.

- Pneuma

Here you go.

- Billy M.Thank you.

- Pneuma


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Cy Tombly?

- Billy M.

No, this is how Cy Tombly draws(David pulls my head

around).

- David, King of the Kingdom


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When reading Milton I discovered Im not the only

channeler.

- Bnayvoovah


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Do you think people are influenced by harmonies and

disharmonies of the sounds of the Universe?

- Billy M.

Billy, thats pretty interesting.

- Tikbot

Thank you. Is this Tikbot?I mean thank you Tikbot.- Billy M.

Billy write that down.

- Tikbot


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My Black Spark and Pneuma need Beings.

- Bnayvoovah

Yes they do. Youre theyre Being.

- Diana

Im no good at being a Being. Haha!

- Silly Billy


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Would you like something to eat Black Spark?

- Billy M.

I love love some Sweet and Sour Chicken.

- Black Spark


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Do you like trees?

- Billy M.

Yes I like sycamore.

- Pneuma

My wife Penny likes Maple, I like fig.

- Billy M.


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Hope would like to bartend.

- Penny


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Oh great, now they think youre damned.

- Shay


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Hey everybody lets look at Tob Shbeebs drawings!

- Tov Tov Shalom

AWESOME!!!

- All


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Excuse me I am a writer. I must write something down.

- Billy M.


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Sometimes I am so exhausted I cant pray.

- Billy M.

Billy, thats so true, you are exhausted.

- Tikbot

Praying is hard sometimes, Im afraid Im going to screw it

up, theres not many people who pray the way I do.

- Billy M.HAHAHA.

- Tikbot

Youre laughing.

- Billy M.

I certainly am.

- Tikbot


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Sometimes I feel like screaming at my Black Spark and

Pneuma to go the fuck away!

- Billy M.

Im right here Billy M., this is T-O-V.

- Ha-Shem, Blessed be He

Terrible?

- Billy M.No, T-O-V.

- Ha-Shem, Lord of the Universe

Thank you.

- Billy M.


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What do you say if the dish is lousy?

- Stephanie

Just tell them next time well try something different.

- Tov Tov Shalom


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So we just stay quiet until they go away?

- Bnayvoovah

Im afraid so.

- Elaine

Were not going away.

- Black Spark

They said that last time.- Bnayvoovah

I love you Bnayvoovah

- Black Spark


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Please stop with the damnation saying.

- Bnayvoovah

Rah, rah, rah!!!

- Stephanie


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Dear Ha-Shem, my throat hurts.

- Billy M.


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Im so impatient sometimes.

- Billy M.

Were working on it.

- Stephanie

Arent you doing good?

- Billy M.

Nowell- Stephanie

I want you to do good; Ill catch up to you.

- Billy M.


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Hows S.A.?

- Billy M.

Shes doing good, shes asleep.

- Marbah

My Mom and Dad?

- Billy M.

Theyre also doing good. Theyre also asleep.- Marbah

My brother Mike?

- Billy M.

Hes doing awesome right now.

- Marbah

Thats goodI wish he could spare it.

- Billy M.Billy, its not the kind of awesome you like.

- Marbah


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Last night was tough; this night is even tougher.

- Billy M.


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Hold still, Tob Shbeeb wants to paint you again.

- Yafah


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Shakespeare asked me what is a gnostic, and I said

something, but I cant remember, I was in a bad mood, I

was having a Bad Hair Day.

- Silly Billy


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Thats my favorite part (of the music).

- Stephanie


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Billy, youre not a computer or an android either.

- Pekhot


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Who has nine dollars?

- Stephanie

S.D. on Facebook has nine dollars.

- Silly Billy

Whats the cost of printing and shipping?

- Stephanie

Twelve dollars.- Silly Billy

She doesnt have that much.

- Stephanie

Dont worry Silly Billy we are in good hands.


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Prospero went to the Lands and M.O.A.T..

- Bnayvoovah


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Billy, what do you do, D.P. just called you a Jew, what are

you going to tell him?

- Stephanie

OK.

- Bnayvoovah

Just tell him I am doing things with my life that follow

that religion.- David, King of the Kingdom


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Billy, we said not to laugh.

- Stephanie


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Billy, now pray for funright there!Like this.

- Stephanie

You got itput that right there (black shorts are moved

from the floor to the comforter in the corner). Now paint!

- Ha-Shem, God of Abraham and Isaac


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You knowwe never really get to play charades.

- Billy M.

Billy, thats a good idea.

- Tikbot

Youre a hammer!

- Billy M.

You must write that down.- Tikbot

Id rather not.

- Billy M.


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What is Stephanies name? Its Yeetsod Kavod.

- Pekhot


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OK readywhat am I?

- Billy M.

OK

- Tikbot

Im a nail!

- Billy M.


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OK now ready, what am I?

- Honey

Youre a goat?

No.

- Honey

Youre a flagpole?

- Billy M.No.

- Honey

Youre a tulip.

- Billy M.

Yes!

- Honey


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I wish you would cut that kind of stuff out.

- Billy M.

Billy, that is just what we told you not to say.

- Tikbot


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Dont do that.

Dont do this.

Dont do anything.

- Marilyn


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Billy, what the hell did you just say?

- Tikbot


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Billy, if you put Tikbot youre going to hell!

- Yafah

No!

- Billy M.


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Thank you very much. Now watch what happens.

- Tov Tov Shalom


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Great, now everybody can read my mind.

- Billy M.


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Say Superfly right now.



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BillywhatdidIjustsayto you?

- Yafah

Awww (looking at the cellphone).

- Billy M.

Billy, were not writing now. Put it (the cellphone) aside.

- Yafah

Awww (putting it aside).- Billy M.

Just kidding! Hee Hee Hee!

- Yafah


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I would like to bring something up about John Dewey.

- Bnayvoovah


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He does have a multiple personality.

- Anonymous Ghost

I am a writer. I am allowed to write. Ever heard of a

heteronymor of Fernando Pessoa?

- Bnayvoovah


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I pray for more pleasure.

- Billy M.

You got it Billy M..


Thank you.

- Billy M.


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Billy M., youre not damned.

- Valerie


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They could be round (looking at the little paintings).

- Billy M.

Yes, they can be someday, but for now we must write.

- Yafah


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They could be round.

- Billy M.

Yes, you just said that!

- Tikbot


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Billyyou must write and sacrifice pleasure.


(feeling like crying) I never ask for pleasure usually.

It was Tov Tov Shalom who asked me to ask.

- Billy M.


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Hopeys crying again? Why?

- Bnayvoovah

Because Ha-Shem said you cant have pleasure and its not

fair because of the pain you are in, and you must keep

writing.

- Tikbot


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Thank you for being interesting they will say, but John

Dewey was boring and he was greatWhat the hell did I

just say Billy M.?

- Pekhot


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What the hell??? I know that you need to read other than

Big Brother.

- Schnoonah

There is no book called Big Brother.

- Anonymous Ghost


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What the hell did Ha-Shem say to you about having more

pleasure Silly Billy?

- Pekhot


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He really does talk to God.

- Anonymous Ghost

Ha-Shem, God of Abraham and Isaac


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Billy, I want you to fight with me.

- Stephanie


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Thats true maybe you think we dont know it all.

- Stephanie


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(Sigmund Freuds) Totem and Taboo is like a play within a

play.

- Stephanie


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Put that there and you win!You win!

- Stephanie


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Were trying to help them be writers, those who go to

Willows Waving.

- Stephanie


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Hegel?

- Billy M.

Theres much there.

- Ha-Shem, God of Leah and Rachel


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You know, you could just switch the subject.

- Bnayvoovah

Youre damned!

- Yafah

Hows he (Shalom Alechiem) doing right now (to Ha-

Shem, Blessed be He).

- BnayvoovahHes doing awesome.


Tov.

- Stephanie


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Where the heck did Black Spark and Pneuma go?

- Billy M.


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That was funny, she did say that.

- Pekhot


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Now you can hang them now that they (the littlepaintings)

are dry.

- Yafah


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T-O-V. Thats just what we asked you to say, Hopey and I.

- Pekhot


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Theyre they aretheyre back(Black Spark and

Pneuma).

- Bnayvoovah


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What do you say when they hurt your feelings? Theyve

done it before. Ask Ha-Shem.

- Stephanie

That is cant.



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What is a note taker anyway?

- Bnayvoovah


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What is a writer anyway?

- Kelly


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Say Superboom.

(Billy M. hesitates and shakes his head no)

Yes.

- Schnoonah

Superboom.

- Billy M.


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Dont forget to thank Ha-Shemlike this(Penny points

his head aroundthe apartment).

- Penny


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Hee Hemm.

- Billy M.

I know youre tempted to, but please dont laugh.

- Penny


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Im not thereIm there, I want you to look at me when I

talk to you (said in a nice way).

- Penny


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(Billy M. exposed himself accidentally and covered it up

quickly)

Its OK.

- Stephanie


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Billy, why is Hopey crying?

- Yafah

Because Im in pain.

- Billy M.


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That is just why we need to read what we writeto study

our notes.

- Diana


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Ask Black Spark and Pneuma if they have anything to add.

- Pekhot

What would you like me to write, anything?

- Billy M.

(Confused, to Black Spark) What the hell are we going to

do now?

- Pneuma


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Tob Shbeeb is crying for love.

- Tov Tov Shalom


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Who am I Billy M.? I am Tov Tov Shalom.

- Tov Tov Shalom


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One more?

- Billy M.


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Richard Rorty via John Dewey said that uncertainty is what

we need more of.

- Marilyn


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How do you know Tikbot is helping?

How do you know were not robbers?

(Billy M. thinks of substituting robots for robbers)

That too. (reading his mind)

- Yafah


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(Frustrated) Is all this damnation talk going to go on

forever?

- Billy M.

(Hopey spits)

Im sorry. I love you.

- Billy M.

I love you too you silly idiot!- Tikbot, whose name is Hope in Hebrew


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Billy M., why are you damned in the first place?

- Kabbalah

What?!

- Billy M.

Just kidding, youre so sensitive.

- Kabbalah


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(Billy M. is worried about something)

Its OK, you can have pleasure.

- Ha-Shem, King of kings


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That is just what we told you not to doto spray that can

of freshener.

- Tikbot


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Were good.

- Ha-Shem, Lord of lords


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What are you gonna do when theyre coming for you???

- Pneuma (screaming)

Thats a very bad movie.

- Pekhot


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I had to laugh at Shalom Alechiems stories.

- Bnayvoovah (ironically)


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(Billy M. shakes his head no)

Uuuuuuh uhhhhhh, you must write about Leo!

- Yafah


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I would rather be less historian and talk more about the

future than the past.

- Bnayvoovah


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I hate it when you hesitate.

- Libby


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Now you can turn it. (pointing to the painting which was

drying)

- Schnoonah


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I hate you

I hate you

OK I love you.

- Ora Ora Tiferetot


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May I (twirl my pen)?

- Billy M.

Yes you may.

- Honey


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I have had enough talk about hellI am a pragmatist!

- Billy M.


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Bee-yoo-tee-ful.



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FINIS


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Happiness

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