The Devil Never Sleeps: and Other Essays by Codrescu Andrei
Author:Codrescu, Andrei [Codrescu, Andrei]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2000-03-31T16:00:00+00:00
PRESCRIPTIONS
“And what,” bellowed the drunken Costica, “is the answer?”
“First,” replied the equally drunk American-Romanian poet, “The currency must be changed to reflect reality. The lion (leu) must be replaced by the mosquito (tintarul)! Second, volunteer brigades of conflict-resolution counselors must descend on this country at once. And third, Prozac in the water!”
“All doable!” shouted the can-do Costica, causing the banquet table to jump and take a sudden leap across an invisible barrier, “but we cannot change the lion into a mosquito overnight!”
“Even if the facts require it?”
“Especially if the facts require it!”
This was progress. Originally, facts just simply didn’t matter. Now they did because they had to be defied. Viva el progresso!
Ion V. never showed up.
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