The Good Doctor's Tales Folio Six by Randall Farmer

Author:Randall Farmer [Farmer, Randall]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MajorTransform Unlimited
Published: 2012-11-13T06:00:00+00:00

My mission got a boost when I drifted into a traveling band of anti-war activists. This group, of four men and one woman, rambled aimlessly from one college campus to another in their Volkswagen Bus, organizing and supporting anti-war groups and protests. I ended up with them through a bedtime encounter with one of the men, Sharky. They called him Sharky for his card-playing skills, and also for his skills in arranging protests. He had about three-quarters of a law degree and was good at manipulating the system. I stayed with them because the bus, all painted in bold colored flowers, asterisks and peace signs, smelled like home to me. No, I had no idea what that meant, but I did wonder who had shot at the back of a simple VW bus once upon a time.

A Vietnam veteran by the name of Red Mitchell, an actual SDS member, led the group. He was the one with the people skills. He talked leaders of small campus organizations into actually taking action. He convinced people to commit to the cause. He convinced people committed to the cause to give more. When Sharky brought me in, he didn’t look happy.

“Do you actually have something useful to contribute, or are you just going to fuck Sharky and take up space?” he said, cold and abrupt.

I didn’t answer. He turned away from the flyers he sorted through and glared at me. His harsh greeting would chase off the timid. He expected his attitude to fluster me.

I just shrugged. “I might.”

“Which, contribute, fuck Sharky, or take up space?”

“All three. Do you have anything I can do?”

“Depends. What can you do?”

I just shrugged again.

Red studied me, matching gazes with me for a long moment. I held his eyes. He nodded.

“You write?”

“Can’t read or write worth shit,” I said.

“Will you work?”

“I’ll work.”

“You’re on.”

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