I awoke to the sound of drops on fabric. Groggy, exhausted, and unbearably hot I cursed the dawn.
Despite the planned expedition’s manifest including portable climate control, we would suffer a month of conditioning.
‘We need conditioning alright…air conditioning.’ I mused as the Jeep’s side mirror revealed my ruddy face.
My trek to the latrine was abrupted by a heavy accent.
“You did no check your boots.”
‘O Christ..’ It was Lobo.
He was wearing combat boots, cargo pants, a t-shirt, and a paddy hat. How anyone could stomach a hat, much less a woolen one, was beyond me.
“You will be killed…sick…before we start, this way…”
“Yeah, yeah…” I muttered drowsily.
His expression informed me that he didn’t like that answer.
“Look, Senhor Lobo I’m not a civ, I know this…I understand this.”
“You understand nothing.”
I really had to piss.
“I think the camp is wet enough without my fertilizing it.” I turned to go on my merry way. But I was stopped by a vicelike grip.
The sound of the rain, the feel of it, wasn’t helping the matter. A mad thought flashed through my mind as abruptly as the local lightning.
‘I’m going to kill this son of a bitch.’
The guy was bigger than the spook that had broken into the lodge. I’m a strong man and the position of Lobo and his hand would make it easy to slam him over my hip. But why alienate an ally? Why risk injury?
I relaxed.
“Look, I’ve already seen my share of drill sergeants. Lemee piss and then you can bitch me out…ok?”
He released me and I nearly jogged to the latrine. I was nauseous from my over occupied bladder.
‘This shit is bad enough at nineteen…at nearly thirty…unbearable…” I ruminated after relief.
When I returned he instructed me to get back in the tent, get out, and check my boots.
‘Yep..basic 2.0.’
Part I – Kentucky Door
1.1 (Intro) The Sketch of Sam Monroe
1.2 The Cajun Prayer
1.3 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter One: The Cambridge Gable Scene (‘Gator is Waitin’)
1.4 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 1.4 – The Cambridge Gable Scene – (Horticulture)
1.5 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 1.5: ‘To Luckadoo Cove’
1.6 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 1.6 – ‘Is there anybody out there…’
1.7 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 1.7: ‘Jesse’
1.8 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 1.8: ‘Lungful of Bees’
1.9 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 1.9 – ‘Precedent’
2.0 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 2.0 -Calvinist Neuroses
2.1 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 2.1 – Mirage
2.2 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 2.2 – Estate Planning
2.3 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 2.3 – High Tech Summons
2.4 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 2.4 – Amazon Stonehenge
2.5 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 2.5 – Jung
2.6 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 2.6 – Dee
2.7 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 2.7 – Meeting 211
2.8 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 2.8 – Itinerary
2.9 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 2.9 – Fact and Fiction
2.10 Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 2.10 -Kaffeeklatsch
2.11 Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 2.11 – Catnap
2.12 Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 2.12 – ‘One Pair’
2.13 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 2.13 – Reentry
2.14 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 2.14 – Phoenix
2.15 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 2.15 – Apollo and Dionysus
3.0 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 3.0 – Inherit the Wind
3.1 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 3.1 – Stardust
3.2 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 3.2 – Loyola
3.3 Chapter 3.3 – High and Dry
3.4 Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 3.4 – One Dream
3.5 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 3.5 – Pensive
3.6 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 3.6 – Feijoada
3.7 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 3.7 – ‘Good food and good work…’
3.8 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 3.8 – A Good Egg
3.9 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 3.9 – Oregon HillThe Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 4.9 – Thera_
3.10 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 3.10 – ‘Thick Bushes’
4.0 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 4.0 – No room at the Inn
4.1 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 4.1 – The Union Jack
4.2 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 4.2 – The Genevive
4.3 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 4.3 – Ecclesiastes 1:18
4.4 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 4.4 – Bleached
4.5 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 4.5 – Marty
4.6 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 4.6 – Highland Deep
4.7 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 4.7 – Sunshine
4.8 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 4.8 – What is it?
4.9 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 4.9 – Thera
4.10 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 4.10 – Father Crespi
4.11 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 4.11 – Why this?
Part II – The Wizard’s Nod
5.0 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 5.0 – Thurible
5.1 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 5.1 – Parlour Tricks
5.2 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 5.2 – Tropical Brutalism
5.3 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 5.3 – The Dreamers in the Wood
5.4 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 5.4 – Les Goddams
5.5. The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 5.5 – Lobo
5.6 The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 5.6 – Madonna
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