y, his face tightening in alarm, "Have you
forgotten your promise?"

"'Course not, Fay. My new inventions aren't for Micro or any other
firm. They're just a legitimate part of my literary endeavors. Happens
my next insanity novel is goin' to be about a mad inventor."

--FRITZ LEIBER

Transcriber's Note -- Changes made [original in brackets]:

"Society can't have much use for us [use]
It's the Cheshire [Chesire] cat in reverse.
"Zen ['Zen] come near me,"
"Ha, wouldn't you like to know?" [know? ] Fay retorted.
Grab a ticket to ecstasy! [ecstacy]
And every hundredth time it says them out loud and the
tickler gives [give]
so it can spot and follow him around then [the] target
Postmen deliver topside [top-side] mail
We-Who-Are-About-To-Die [We-Who Are-About-To-Die]
the scanning and [and and] decision-making
They 'think,' to use that archaic [archiac] word
did that drug-addict girl friend of yours ever take you
to a ["a" missing] genuine orgy
"Have you no heart?" Fay [Gay] demanded.
But Gusterson [Gunderson] was already shaking his head.
now-familiar triple-jointed [joined] shrug
just like nomads need horses.[,]

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