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The Sick Junk God snatches The Writ: "Put him in The Ovens-Burn his writing"-He runs down a hospital corridor for The Control Switch-"He won't get far." A million police and partisans stand quivering electric dogs-antennae light guns drawn-

"You called The Fuzz-You lousy fink-"

"They are your police speaking your language-If you must speak you must answer in your language-"

" Stop-Alto-Halt -" Flashed through all I said a million silver bullets-The Junk God falls-Grey dust of broom swept out by an old junky in backward countries—

A heavy blue twilight drifting forward snatches The Writ Time-Money-Junk gather to buy: "Put him in The Ovens-Burn his writing-"

"Say only The Angel Profound Lord of D-Runs down a hospital corridor-Your bodies I have written- Your death called the police-The junk God sick from " Stop-Alto-Halt -" The Junk God falls in a heavy blue twilight drifting over the ready with drawn guns- Time-Money-Junk on all your languages-Yours-Must answer them-Your bodies-I have written your death hail of silver bullets-So we are now able to say not. Premature?? I think the auditor's mouth is stopped with his own With her grey glance faded silver understanding out of date-Well I'd ask alterations but there really isn't time is there left by the ticket that exploded Any case I have to move along-Little time so I’ll say good night under the uh circumstances -Now the Spanish Flu would not be again at the window touching the wind in green neon-You understanding the room and she said: "Dear me what a long way down" — Meet Café is closed-if you wanted a cup of tea- burst of young you understand-so many and soo-The important thing is always courage to let go-in the dark-Once again he touched the window with his cool silver glance out into the cold spring air a colorless question drifted down corridors of that hospital-

"Thing Police keep all Board Room Reports"-And we are not allowed to proffer The Disaster Accounts-Wind hand caught in the door-Explosive Bio-Advance Men out of space to employ Electrician-In gasoline crack of history-Last of the gallant heroes-"I'm you on tracks Mr. Bradly Mr. Martin"-Couldn't reach flesh in his switch-And zero time to the sick tracks-A long time between suns I held the stale overcoat Sliding between light and shadow-Muttering in the dogs of unfamiliar score-Cross the wounded galaxies we intersect Poison of dead sun in your brain slowly fading-Migrants of ape in gasoline crack of history-Explosive bio advance out of space to neon-"I'm you, Wind Hand caught in the door-" Couldn't reach flesh-In sun I held the stale overcoat-Dead Hand stretching the throat-Last to proffer the disaster account on tracks-See Mr. Bradly Mr.-

And being blind may not refuse to hear: "Mr. Bradly Mr. Martin, disaster to my blood. whom I created"- (The shallow water came in with the tide and the Swedish River of Gothenberg.)

Angle boys of the cosmos solicit from lavatories and broom closets of the Biologic Court Buildings charge out high on ammonia peddling fixes on any case from The Ovens Rap to a summons for biologic negligence-After buying a few short fixes in rigged courts, the pleaders defendants court officials and guilty bystanders learn to use a filter screen that scans out whole wave-lengths of ill-intentioned lunacy-This apparatus, sold in corridors and patios of the court buildings, enables any life form in need of legal advice to contact an accredited biologic counselor trained in the intricacies and apparent contradictions of biologic law-The classic case presented to first year students is The Oxygen Impasses: Life Form A arrives on alien planet from a crippled space craft-Life Form A breathes "oxygen" — There is no "oxygen" in the atmosphere of alien planet but by invading and occupying Life Form B native to alien planet they can convert the "oxygen" they need from the blood stream of Life Form B-The Occupying Life Form A directs all the behavior and energies of Host Life Form B into channels calculated to elicit the highest yield of oxygen-Health and interest of the host is disregarded-Development of the host to space stage is arrested since such development would deprive the invaders by necessity of their "oxygen" supply-For many years Life Form A remains invisible to Life Form B by a simple operation scanning out areas of perception where another life form can be seen-However an emergency a shocking emergency quite unlooked-for has arisen-Life Form B sees Life Form A-(Watching you have they thought debarred) and brings action in The Biologic Courts alleging unspeakable indignities, metal and physical cruelty, deterioration of mind body and soul over thousands of years, demanding summary removal of the alien parasite-To which Form B replies at The First Hearing: "It was a question of food supply-of absolute need-Everything followed from that: Iron claws of pain and pleasure squeezing a planet to keep the host in body prison working our `oxygen' plants-Knowing that if he ever saw even for an instant who we are and what we are doing-(Switched our way is doomed in a few seconds)-And now he sees us planning to use the host as a diving suit back to our medium where of course Life Form B would be destroyed by alien conditions-Alternative posed by the aroused partisans fumbling closer and closer to the switch that could lock us out of Form B and cut our `oxygen' lines-So what else could we do under the circumstances? The life form we invaded was totally alien and detestable to us-We do not have what they call `emotions’-soft spots in the host marked for invasion and manipulation-

The Oxygen Impasse is a basic statement in the algebra of absolute need-"Oxygen" interchangeable factor representing primary biologic need of a given life form-From this statement the students prepare briefs-sift cut and rearrange so they can view the case from varied angles and mediums:

The trial of The Nova Mob brought in emergency quite unlooked-for: Broom arisen-sweeps Life Form B- Sees fixes in The Biologic Courts-Deterioration of mind body and soul buying a few short fixes in rigged Any Place-Learns the years-the long-the many- such a place-scans out whole lengths of alien parasite — and brings action from unspeakable indignities and negligence demanding summary biologic lawyers who never hustle a form-The best criminal counselor was Uranian U-His clients from heavy metal-Impression Thing followed from that Iron Claws Brief-From one interview he got Sammy squeezing a planet in The Switch-The Green Octopus working Vegetable Sentence — And now they have seen there is no "oxygen" in the diving suit Local life would be destroyed by the "oxygen" they breathe-

'This pressure-Health cut our `oxygen' lines-so disregarded-"

"So that the circumstances?"

"Life of the host beyond `THE' detestable to us- Would deprive the invaders by soft spots in the host-"

With the material you have nature of absolute need and The First Hearing in Biologic Court-

"Alleging you understand I must fight indignities and cruelties and the natives are all mind body and soul demanding and I can't account for poison-(to which of course I have never lost a client)-Specific facts and cases a question of food supply not adequate-Owed from that the two claws intimidate and corrupt-"

"Enables an arrested criminal of pleasure and pain to squeeze counselor trained in the body-prison contradictions of biologic law-Diving suit of thousand years back to our medium instead of The Reverse Switch- Alternative Word Island-"

So where to first year students of Biologic Law Circumstances? — Life Form A was totally alien crippled space craft-Do not have what they call "emotion's oxygen" in the atmosphere-

A student who represents Life Form A must anticipate questions of the Biologic Prosecutor:-