"what will you have"
"whiskey and water"
"how do you suppose to teach them to un-learn the insanity of the world as the only one they know"
"you mean how is one cured of the self once it's believed to be real"
"howdy Gents what will it be"
"oh we're not together"
"I'm waiting for someone"
"I'll have another whiskey and water"
"nice talking with you maybe I'll see you later"
"ok baby be good"
"is this seat taken"
"no it's all yours"
"ok bartender I'll have a vodka and coke and a little ice"
"so what brings you in"
"I gave a book reading tonight at the college here in town"
"no shit how did it go"
"well the audience was attentive and courteous and it all went just as I thought it would"
"then it was a success"
"yes yes quite right"
"to success"
"to success"
"so what's the book about"
"I used to to an exterminator"
"a bugman"
"yes a bugman"
"bang any horny housewives"
"fortunately I did not"
"oh ok then"
"no in that line of work I was mostly alone in basements attics behind the garage bulkheads never really got around to lining the bedroom"
"yeah sure I just thought maybe you'd gotten lucky"
"nope and I've never much relied on luck"
"really"
"Nietzsche says the outcome of one's life is the result of his own will and ultimate intention"
"yeah but Nietzsche was a certified gertrude"
"a certified what"
"a loony madcap I mean by the end he was totally bonkers"
"yes well the truth can do that to a man"
"not with one of these in my hand bartender another round for me and my friend"
"as often is the case only the insane can see the truth for what it is because logic leads back in a circle to uncertainty and every answer begets another question endlessly until the mind is tied up in a knot"
"or decides to jump off a bridge"
"oh alcohol helps to suspend the conflict briefly in some but to survive the ongoing challenge of life eventually the mind must face the light"
"fucking bugs"
"not much a man can do against the light"
"the needle"
"well well what do you know and how do you do my name is Bill"
"Hank"
"bartender..."
