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Mule Factory
by Steve Goerger
debuted 15 August 2009 | kept 1143 times | click to keep
Don walks a few miles out to meet Florian as he comes back to town. Florian rides only one nag; the other he has let run free. When he sees that it is Don who has come out to meet him, he jumps from the steed, falls to his knees. Don grabs him by the arm and hauls him back up.
"No," Don says, "it isn’t me. This is your problem: you think too much. Do you suppose God really thinks about any of this?"
"Your logic seems false," Florian says.
"Exactly," Don says. "But look at it this way: God must surely be alone. I have never been alone. Who would want to be so godly?"
Florian sees his point and rises. They walk back into town together. Florian begins to cry, tells Don about the fate of Shaito.
Don nods his head, hums his tune. He lights a spliff and they share it on the way back to the factory.