Richard Brautigan by Richard Brautigan

Author:Richard Brautigan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Smith Smith

I WAS A BLOCK AWAY from the radio station, busy thinking about my shoes, when the name Smith Smith flashed into my mind and I blurted out, “Great!” The whole world could have heard me but fortunately there was nobody around. That block of Powell Street was quiet. There were a few people at each end of the block but I was alone in the middle of the block.

Luck was still with me.

Smith Smith, I thought, that’s the name for my private eye in Babylon. He’ll be called Smith Smith.

I’d come up with the perfect variation of the name Smith. I’d combined it with a second Smith. I was really proud of myself. Too bad I didn’t have anybody to share my accomplishment with but I knew if I told anybody about Smith Smith it would be good cause for an involuntary trip to the nuthouse, which was where I wasn’t interested in going.

I’d keep Smith Smith to myself.

I went back to thinking about my shoes.

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