- pa i dont need to go to big school do i ?
- why
not
son ?
- cos you said
- what
did
i
say
son ?
- thats its just consumerist conditioning
and dumbed down revisionism
and it kills childrens beautiful spirits
- was
i
drinking
son ?
- yes pa
and you said its lethally reductive . . .
- well
you
still
have
to
go . . .
- so i can become a docile sheepman
led by my innocent nose
to the trough of obsolescent electronics
and populist malleable politics ?
- yes . . .
i'm
sorry
son
- will i learn about parental hypocrisy pa ?
- if
you
do
sociology
son
- but i cant do that till sixth form pa
- then
learn
to
work
with
your
hands
son
- ok pa
- shape
wood
son
and
let
the
rest
be
like
its
all
just
bad
weather
- ok pa
- thats
the
best
i
got
son
i'm
sorry
- thats ok pa
you dont run the world
shall i get you a beer pa ?
from journal.neilgaiman.com
