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Checkmarks on a List for Eternity
Things to do
between now and then:
take a ride on the last train from Gun Hill
ring Baron Munchaussen’s frozen bell
plant a poppy seed on the grave of the Unknown Junkie
dance with Zorba on the beaches of Corfu
ram a battleship with a gondola in the Venice Lagoon
take a nap on a flying carpet in the Taj Majal
dive for oysters in the Rivers of No Return
build a nest in the top of a giant sequoia
paint my teeth red and smile a lot
open a tattoo parlor in Casablanca
commission William Burroughs to rewrite the Koran
have a yard sale on a pack rat’s nest
sing Happy Birthday to Paul Claudel in the Place de l’Odéon
dive into the Mediterranean from the ramparts of the Chateau d’If
take peyote with the Ruler of Tikal
raise a volcano at the corner of First and Main
have a picnic on Napoleon’s Tomb
discover the world in a grain of sand
sleep hanging upside down in a belfry
hitchhike on the road to the palace of wisdom
make love to the mother of invention
overcome gravity at Columbus and Broadway
change into a monkey for fifteen minutes in a big department store
stroll down the Champs Elysées with Harlequin and Charlemagne
chisel a bust of Picasso out of the rock of Sisyphus
save Sidney Carton from the guillotine
ride on the back of a blue whale from the Coral Sea to the gulf of Tadjoura
drink myself to death at the Admiral Benbow Inn.
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