QUIBS & QUIPS OF JONNI DRAMANA -- Ashcan Musings (Comic Book)

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IT TOOK QUITE A BIT OF FINAGLING (& AN INVITATION TO STAY AT HIS GUEST

HOUSE IN THE HAMPTONS) TO CONVINCE Deighton’s PARENTS, BUT THEY FINALLY AGREED TO RELEASE HIS CHILDHOOD COLLECTION OF WORLD WAR II DRAWINGS (FROM 3RD-5TH GRADES) -- THAT THEY’D KEPT FOR 40 YEARS! “SGT. FURY & HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS, SGT. ROCK & EASY CO., OUR ARMY AT WAR, G.I. COMBAT, THE LOSERS, BLITZKRIEG, THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER, STARSPANGLED WAR STORIES, & WEIRD WAR TALES ” WERE HIS STEADY READING DIET OF HISTORIC-FICTION COMIC BOOKS IN THE 70’s. [ALONG WITH THOMAS BERNHARD’S LITERATURE, BUT THAT’S ANOTHER STORY]. UNEARTHED BY R AMROD I NTERNATIONAL P RESS™ FROM THE VAULTS FOR THIS WORLD PREMIERE, LET’S JUST SAY THAT “WAR-SCAPES” (circa 1977-1979) CLEARLY EXPLAINS A LOT ABOUT HOW THE UNSTOPPABLE, FULL-THROTTLE FORCE KNOWN AS Deighton ALL BEGAN-------------------------FIGHT FRIENDLY !

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NOW DIG–THIS, MY COMIC BOOK COHORTS: THE SELF-PROCLAIMED WORDSMITH & RADICALLY-PROLIFIC ARTIST KNOWN AS Deighton HAS ALSO BEEN SUPER-BUSY DESIGNING BUILDINGS & ENVIRONS AROUND THE PLANET AS A PRO ARCHITECT FOR THE PAST 20+. [I LOVE HIS “SUPER-MAX” PRISONS BEST...SO CREEPY!]. BUT ARMED WITH HIS NEW PUBLISHING COMPANY RAMROD INTERNATIONAL PRESS™, HE’S NOW READY TO RELEASE A KILLER CADRE OF KILLER COMIC BOOKS FOR PATRONS OF TOUGH, NO-HOLDS-BARRED STORIES & ART...STUFF THAT PUNCHES YOU HARD IN THE GUT, LEAVING A BITTER TASTE IN YOUR MOUTH, HAUNTING YOU AD INFINITUM. LIKE IN THIS INAUGURAL ASHCAN “MINI-COMIC” BOOK YOU’RE HOLDING, R.I.P.ress™ INTRODUCES AN ALLNEW, ORIGINAL CAST OF BIZARRE CHARACTERS, CREATED TO QUENCH YOUR INSATIABLE THIRST FOR THE EXTREME. UPCOMING TITLES STACIA IN DEMENTIA #1, SHAME ON YOU #1, HONOR THY FATHER RAMROD #1, & THE HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL LICK MY WOUND! #2 (WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ISSUE NO. 1?!?) ARE ALL GUARANTEED TO SHOCK-YOUR-SOCKS-OFF! [I CAN’T WAIT & HOPE THERE ARE LOTS OF PICTURES BUT NOT TOO MANY WORDS]. SO WHY KEEP THIS PROMULGATOR OF PERFECT PROSE (PULITZER-WORTHY) & FINE COMIC ART (GALLERY-QUALITY) ALL TO YOURSELF? HIKE-UP YOUR JACK-BOOTS, DEVOUR R.I.P.ress™, THEN GO TELL YOUR TEACHERS, TAILORS, FRIENDS & RETAILERS ABOUT OUR BOOKS...OR WE’LL RAMROD THEM DOWN YOUR WHISKEY-SATURATED THROATS. NOW READ...R.I.P.ress...REPEAT. BECAUSE Deighton & HIS RABID GANG OF SADDLE TRAMPS ARE BRINGING YOU A KILLER CADRE OF KILLER COMIC BOOKS------------------------------------------------------------------------DRIVE FRIENDLY !

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AS a young girl in the early 1990’s, I first DISCOVERED Emily Dickinson and her unique, impassioned prose, especially these Love Poems (ca.1850’s-1870’s) that were, to me anyways, primarily written for and to “women,” -- As I believed at the time that I was the only one privy to her “secret.” It was not until years later that Emily’s SEXUALITY became more widely-known or even discussed, and although I was always aware (from these very poems!), I marveled that arguably the most beloved female voice in American Poetry was not just another stereotypical “lady-inwaiting,” despite society’s restraints imposed during her times. [And I am much obliged to Deighton for trusting me to properly produce this title in my first-time-ever role as Associate Publisher for R.I.P.ress!]. The hidden writ, spiritual wit, and poetic prance of Emily Dickinson: She “winked” to us all that it is OKAY to intimate our deepest thoughts of love and affection towards another – And to not only boys (--smiles, with their broad shoulders and cute, tight buns, umm-hmmm--), but to girls too – Even if unrequited – LOVE FRIENDLY!

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YOU SAY I’M CUTE WHEN I’M

MAD?

THEN YOU HAVEN’T

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by Jonni Dramana, MANAGING EDITOR

IN the early 2000’s, CRASHGIRL and our pals used to go clubbing together nightly in L.A., back when our MEN were still just BOYS – Although they certainly haven’t progressed much in the nearly 20 years since – As they’re all now seemingly more PIGGISH than MANLY than ever before (even though ME-TOO has supposedly made MAN “WOKE,” but that another story!)! That’s when I first met DEIGHTON while free-lancing, who dated CRASHGIRL during the Summer between his move from COLORADO to FLORIDA (& waaaaaaay prior to our eventual hook-up). So not surprisingly (if you know DEIGHTON), CRASH’S Comics seem to be wholly based on their relationship. [Ha!] Now lovingly restored, re-formatted, re-edited & reissued herein by RAMROD INTERNATIONAL PRESS™ for the 1st time since 2002, we are tickled-pink to present for your casual amusement the first 6 Comic Strips of “THE ADVENTURES OF CRASHGIRL”-------RELATE FRIENDLY! 4

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EXCEPT for necessarily bathing every other school day, Deighton spent the first 10 years of his youth largely covered in grime from exploring the cypress swamps, dried sinkholes & bedrock pits of North Florida, likely promulgated by his mother’s early assertion (when he was 3-years old) that it “might be better to draw at your desk than play outside in the dirt,” to which he soundly refuted: “You don’t know ANYTHING about my life, I can do BOTH!”; then soon after stuffed a red bandana full with 2 Chick-O-Sticks, a jumbo pencil, sharpener, pink Pearl eraser, Crayola crayons, lined mini-journal, Swiss Army knife, marbles & a fistful of toy Army men, tied the bundle to the end of a long stick, rolled a tattered copy of his favourite comic book (--DC’s “Our Army At War” No. 83, Sgt. Rock’s 1st appearance--) into his Levi’s jeans back pocket, perched his Yankees ballcap atop his toe-head & hit-the-field to begin his lifelong journey to document the entire world.

After a short but successful stint in his 20’s as a Body ChalkOutliner for the Honolulu Police Department – After being demoted from their Perp-Sketch Art Department due to all of his suspects oddly looking like Jack Lord - “Manga” style, but then rebounding to be recognized as the No. 1 “Outliner” in the U.S. & all of its Territories (except for continental America) – He was next encouraged during a celebrity beach volleyball tournament by his teammate, “Superfreak” singer/funkmaster Rick James, to “look beyond the chalk” & study under the tutelage of Rick’s roadie Frank the Butter-Churning Soundman, a happy Samoan-byway-of-Iowa who taught Deighton the sweet, philosophical science of Amish Rake Fighting, which he mastered quickly, but then was banned from the sport for life after his first official bout ended with an accidental, above-the-neck infraction to his opponent. [Read: Bad eye-gouge].

Later training as a (pro) Super Featherweight Boxer (--very briefly, again, only 1 match--) in Denver at the famous 4th Street Gym, then (licensed) Architect, then Artist (of sorts) to garner larger & more reliable income-streams to fund his world travels (& well after his ill-chosen career as a Double-Rekeying Documentarian at 120 words per minute soon stalled with the popularity of the Windows “copy/paste” function…and Adobe), Deighton steadily gained a passion for the geological sciences, perhaps from his time spent outlining, raking & massaging the (sometimes smooth, sometimes bumpy) miniscule details of Hawaii’s asphaltic & concrete pavements, gypsum & granite rocks, sand & lime stones, & soils-insedimentation from the planet Earth with (mostly) Molokai chalk, but also as a result of countless hours in his new Colorado landscapes; digging, studying, documenting & drawing his mineral findings (plus precious gem hunting, too!), all while recalling his Florida swamp- & bedrock-roots.

Literally “unearthed” from Deighton’s vast vaults of collectible, cultural antiquities (as it was buried under his carriage house in a vacuum-sealed container particularly designed for preserving his most prized parchments), RAMROD INTERNATIONAL PRESS™ is pleased to present 1 of only 7 known original manuscript book-copies to exist of the (previously uncopyrighted) 1785 “THEORY OF THE EARTH” by James Hutton, M.D., F.R.S.E., our kindred spirit & “Father of Modern Geology,” the REAL inspirator for the thoughtful, poetic manner for how Deighton gracefully interjects (yet integrates) his provocative project designs for the built environment onto (yet into) our natural environment----------------------------------DIG FRIENDLY!

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“THE SELF EDUCATED USUALLY HAVE FOOLS FOR TEAHCHERS”

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“I LIKE DIGGIN’ DOWN DEEP, GETTIN’ DIRTY, DOIN’ DASTARDLY DEEDS… BUT ONLY FOR A TON OF MONEY!”

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AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & COMMUITY DESIGN, R.I.P.ress’ CHIEF PUBLISHER, Deighton, RECENTLY

SAT ON AN ESTEEMED JURY (WITH HIS FELLOW PRO-ARCHITECTS) TO ANNUALLY SELECT THE 7-COUNTY REGION’S GRADUATE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP WINNER. ENDOWED BY THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD IS INTENDED TO RECOGNIZE HUGE, FAR-OUT TALENT. Valeria Zaiter’s HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED, DECONSTRUCTED ANALYSIS, GRAPHIC INTERVENTIONS & POETIC RENDERINGS TO TRANSFORM COLORDO’S LANDSCAPES (FROM DENVER TO TELLURIDE! ) SO HANDILY FITTHE-BILL TO WIN HER THE TOP-CASH-PRIZE. ALL THE WAY FROM REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA, RAMROD INTERNATIONAL PRESS™ IS PROUD TO INTRODUCE “Valeria,” THE HOT NEW FELLOW ART-GIRRRLL, INTO OUR CREATIVE STABLE OF SADDLE TRAMPS....DESIGN FRIENDLY !

“YOU SHOULD BE GLAD I SO YOU WALKED THINK YOU OUT ON CAN DRAW? YOU. I USUALLY WOULD’VE STAYED TO FIGHT”

HA!

“I HAD A CHOICE… AND MADE IT! ”

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by Jonni Dramana, MANAGING EDITOR

THERE are certain colleagues in the Design industry Deighton has enjoyed working with over the years, Jeff St. John being one of them, a highly talented Architect with unique interests -- he has a copy, many of which he personally bootlegged, of every live concert NIRVANA ever performed! – and intangibles. “THE JUROR FROM HELL” comic book by Jeff, whom RAMROD INTERNATIONAL PRESS™ had to convince to resurrect and cobbletogether from an old, crumpled & faded facsimile of a Xerox of a Xerox of a Xerox of his original, loose sketches (produced while still a University of South Florida Graduate Student over 15 years ago !), is just such an intangible. With his craft for parody in depicting the huge egos of those monstrous Jurors who enjoy tormenting, harassing, & downright bullying young Designers (when presenting their projects in very public “Jury” reviews), Jeff’s scathing expose’ captures the spirit of how the “critique’experience” actually operates in most U.S. Architecture Programs (albeit highly satirized, Manga-style). Now joining our rag-tag band of artistic saddle tramps, R.I.P.ress™ is proud to properly present the world premiere of Jeff St. John’s parchment "THE JUROR FROM HELL” in this very special 15-Year Anniversary Edition----------JUDGE FRIENDLY!

PREPARE TO

-WHINE---LOUDLY---

AS I PUNISH YOU, THEN COMPLETELY CRUSH YOUR SPIRIT!

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FOR e WARDS f r om R A M RO D I N T E R N A T I O N A L P R E S S ™ “SPATIAL ENTRY INTO CYBERSPACE – THE ANOMALY OF PASSAGE” was first published by Deighton in 1993 as a short essay for a Graduate Seminar at the University of Colorado at Denver named “Gender, Feminism, & Cyberspace in Architecture,” which was conducted

by Professor Taisto Makela (a leading expert on Finnish masterArchitect Alvar Aalto), & whose class also happened to produce the first scholarly research ever to be recorded on “sexism” in Cyberspace.

[Note: The sexism sub-topic also spawned a separate, unpublished paper

by Deighton to be released at a future date ].

Re-printed here by RAMROD INTERNATIONAL PRESS™ with its original text is Deighton’s foretelling, “Orwellian” Manifesto on Architecture in Cyberspace (or Cyberspace in Architecture?) -- About which you will read with mystical confoundment considering Virtual Reality (VR) was still quite a brand-new concept in 1992 (not to be utilized to design “real” buildings for at least another 15+ years), & 2-D Computer Aided Design (CAD) was itself new & had only just barely taken root -- Written even before advanced 3-D computer development had begun to flourish in the Hollywood film & video gaming industries.

[Double Note: Post- TRON, but well before JOHNNY MNEMONIC, THE MATRIX & even HACKERS].

In 2019, over 25 years after the initial release of his mere 4 pages of powerful prose (--5 if you count the citations--) that have now become the seminal Treatise on how we may experience reality in a virtual environment, Deighton was recognized as a pioneering authority on Cyberspace in a feature interview by the Tampa Bay Times on his Architecture firm’s (BDG Architects) latest building designs -- Created with the very same 3-D methods & appurtenances that he so cryptically forecast & predicted (so long ago) for VR in “SPATIAL ENTRY…” -Introducing “informodes” (a term he first coined therein for which he has now finally received credit) to prescribe how we engage our most fantastic, computer dream-worlds as physical, tangible realities…via Cyberspace. [Triple Note: Deighton even co-wrote, produced &

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by Jonni Dramana, M A N AGI NG E D I T O R

recorded its full-length music CD as an original soundtrack score in 1995-98, which is now being remastered to reissue soon].

Resurrected from Deighton’s vaults, scanned from a faded facsimile, left unedited from its original, word-processor-GBC-bound format -- In all its gloriously reproduced, raw “typo-ridden-warped-text” appearance with its profound quotes & mini-Sci-Fi-art panels intact (+ 2 new pin-ups by red-hot guest artist Casey Gonzalez) -- R.I.P.ress™ is proud to finally, properly introduce to our readers this artfully articulated “CYBER-SCAPES” Manifesto by Deighton that is hauntingly still valid today------FAZE FRIENDLY! J

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“LAZER,

DOG FAZERS ”

THE WORLD IS ALREADY CONTROLLED VIA

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Deighton is not a very accomplished guitarist even though he axe-grinds daily, confiding that he only plays “the top 2, sometimes

top 3 strings, which are the only ones worthwhile to even play…the bottom-lower few remind me too much of Eddie Van Halen’s highnote, fluttering, nonsensical sounds.” And don’t bother giving his old

recordings a spin – they are excruciatingly painful to one’s ear – unless you are a “stuck-in-the-90’s” CYBERPUNK . But Deighton does still know how to jam, often rubbing creative-elbows with national recording artists during their pre-gig sound-hall checks, or while supping in their green rooms & tour buses. (And he can actually shred like Eddie).

He doesn’t claim to know all these celeb’s on an intimate level, but he does occasionally ‘exchange-deeper’ with some interesting cats: Like when Deighton suggested to his buddy Page Hamilton (HELMET’S frontman) during warm-ups to change his chord progression when playing the end of “Driving Nowhere” live (which Page did, and still does)…or when he gave the Guayabera Cubana off his back to John Waite (ex-BABYS, BAD ENGLISH singer) after John offhandedly said he loved & wanted one like it…OR when Deighton wrote an impromptu ditty about beautiful Clearwater Beach backstage along with 2 of the 4 members of THE ROMANTICS after their local show -- and nailed it singing “acappella” with them! [We could continue, ad infinitum].

“NOW PLAYING! ” reveals a few of his favourite concerts over the past several years, representing varied genres such as pop, reggae, funk, punk, heavy metal, classic & southern rock, county & even adultcontemporary. Given to Deighton by the musicians themselves (but sometimes stRIPped straight from venues’ stage floors, post-show), RAMROD INTERNATIONAL PRESS™ trusts you will enjoy recalling these amazing songs & signatures as immortalized in the original set lists by these popular, touring performers. Et al.------------PLAY FRIENDLY!

REALLY?

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“I RIDE EVERY POSSE I’M ASKED”

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OKAY, WE’LL BUY-IN THAT Deighton IS A DESIGNER (OF MOST EVERYTHING), PLUS DIPLOMAT, ECOLOGIST, ARCHEOLOGIST, SURVEYOR, LAND PLANNER, ARCHITECT, ARTIST, SCULPTOR, CRAFTSMAN, COBBLER, SEAMSTER, TINKER, TAILOR, TEXTILIST, RESEARCHER, HISTORICIST, DOCUMENTOR, ARCHIVIST, FILMMAKER, CURATOR, APPRAISOR, STATISTICIAN, TRANSLATOR, LINGUIST, POET, WRITER, CALIGRAPHER, PUBLISHER, INVENTOR, SNOWBOARDER, SURFER, SAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY, GOLFER, PHILOSOPHER & THEORIST, BUT NOW YOU’RE TELLING ME THAT HE’S A MUSICIAN TOO? IT FIGURES AS MUCH -- GIVEN THAT HE HAS A TROVE OF GUITARS THAT HE GRINDS DAILY -- THAT HE’D ALREADY RELEASED AN ALBUM OVER 20 YEARS AGO IN DENVER WITH HIS 2 CHILDHOOD BUDDIES, Steve & Matt. SO HERE IS Deighton’s SEPARATE FAITH “HUMAN…ALL TOO HUMAN” CD, RECORDED 1995 to 1998 & NOW REMASTERED & RE-RELEASED BY RAMROD INTERNATIONAL PRESS™. WITH ORIGINAL TRACKS & ARTWORK INTACT, IT’S “CYBERPUNK” INDUSTRIALMETAL AT ITS ULTIMATE 1990’S CRESCEND0 . . . HEAVY, DISTORTED, RAW, DIRTY, & NOT VERY GOOD-------------------LISTEN FRIENDLY!

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LEAVE IT TO THE INDELIBLE Deighton TO RELEASE “ THIS INDENTURE ” FROM HIS CAREFULLY CURATED, ARCHIVAL TROVE OF INVALUABLE, ESOTERIC ANTIQUITIES. STORED IN HIS VACUUM-SEALED, INDOMINABLE VAULT & METICULOUSLY HANDLED WITH WHITE “KID-GLOVES” FOR SCANNING, THIS 1872 HISTORIC DOCUMENT HEREIN (WITH Deighton’s NEW RESEARCH-RICH, ACCOMPANYING ESSAY ON NOTABLE MID19 TH CENTURY BRITISH DEVELOPER Sam Cuming) OFFERS A UNIQUE GLIMPSE INTO THE MOST IMPORTANT PERIOD EVER IN THE URBANIZATION OF HAMPSTEAD, LONDON -------------------COLLECT FRIENDLY!

WHEN WE LAUNCH A TITLE, WE DO IT WITH FORCE SO IT’S OVER QUICKLY & THERE’S NO QUESTION WHO’S THE LOSER!

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by Jonni Dramana

YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME TO KEEP YOU ORGANIZED, BUT JUST DON’T RELY ON ME FOR YOUR DAY-TO-DAY

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by Jonni Dramana, MANAGING EDITOR (w/ Eric Jackson & Deighton)

IT IS unfortunate that perhaps the most fame for which J.J. GRANDVILLE is remembered -- other than arguably being the first true “Comic Book” Artist (or, as proof by his LA CARICATURE JOURNAL (ca. 1820’s), “Graphic Novel” Artist, to which today’s such trade journals and magazines are now referred) -- is left with, is that it is his work that was the inspiration for SIR JOHN TENNIEL’S endearingly lasting themes for the ALICE IN WONDERLAND book series by LEWIS CARROLL. Although now largely uncredited, GRANDVILLE’S doodles, sketches, drawings, etchings, engravings, lithographs & prints have continuously been viewed throughout history as a “free” artistic backdrop to POP culture, and even 200 years later can now still be actively enjoyed today in the widely-played video game AVIARY ATTORNEY, the album artwork of famous rock music bands QUEEN and ALICE IN CHAINS, and this is not to mention his overall (but not widely realized), major influences on the SURREALIST and (later) PUNCH Art movements – as well as on longtime GRANDVILLE admirer DEIGHTON (naturally of course, as you will excitedly discover in DEIGHTON’S first-ever 2019 Comic Sketch-Books titled FIGURESCAPES and STACIA IN DEMENTIA)----------DRAW FRIENDLY!

DRAW FRIENDLY

“ I ’ M T H E B E S T D E A D - H O R S E - B E AT E R T H I S S I D E O F T H E M I S S I S S I P P I ”

“EVERYTHING GOOD IS BAD…

…& EVERYTHING BAD IS GOOD”

I CARRY BIG GUNS…SO I CAN OPINE FREELY

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“GASP! ”

DOGS BARKING, CRYING BABY

by Jonni Dramana

She awoke from a daze in a dark alley, staring at some A lot of it! “ WRITE FREE , DIE Thick, dark red Methodically oozing from a lifeless neck It must have just been severed A long sword near the torso, left behind from the struggle Still glistening wet with it, surely the catalyst Perps nowhere in sight KISS She has a thought Everything’s a blur, hazy Shouts echoing from apartments high above

HARD ”

It must have just been severed

PROSE FRIENDLY

-KISS,

BANG-BANG,

Dogs barking, crying baby

KILL-

KILL!

Faint sirens, slowly shrieking louder Cops on the way already The potent dose has begun to wear-off Think, think The thought reappears Surely enough time for a tiny sample before they come [But isn’t that an act against HER ?]

She gags uncontrollably And then smiles in secret shame ...

The very next time she “finds” some there’s no hesitation Warm, salty tasting, with a heavy metal flavour Sick? Not this time Remorseful delight She smiles again

“I’LL BE A BIG NOISE, WITH ALL THE BIG GIRLS, SO MUCH STUFF I WILL OWN”

“HiSSSSSSSSS! ”

YOU

ONE CLEAN STROKE

WON’T

SILENCE ME!

by Jonni Dramana

It really is quite extraordinary The way she looks at things Plotting, calculating Maximum make-up for the beauty Queen Cricket, anyone?

Let’s play with dull, rusty blades Go ahead and give it a shot Low, steady aim Swing back slowly…now follow-through fast!

One clean stroke to the neck It bifurcates her soul Deep down Knowing that everything good is bad And everything bad is good [But isn’t salvation only granted through HER ?]

Yes, the way she looks at things It really is quite extraordinary

Let’s play with dull, rusty blades

“It Shan’t Matter What You Do, Just Do It Often & Without Reservation”

I’LL CUT YOUR THROAT OPEN IF YOU EVEN TRY TO CENSOR ME 10

P R O S E F R I E N D LY !

“IT TAKES A VILLAGE…

“EVEN IF IT AIN’T BROKE-FIX IT!”

FOOL ME

ONCE, SHAME

ON YOU...FOOL ME TWICE, I’LL

KILL YOU!

“ I E X P E C T YO U TO L I E TO M E .

I T ’ S W A A A AY BETTER THAN YO U R T RU T H ”

AND A WHOLE LOTTA’

BULLETS!” “DAMES: WHAT HORRIBLE CREATURES WHEN WE HAVE NO MAN TO TAME”

!

“IF YOU DON’T OBEY ME, YOU WILL BE PUNISHED”

IS MY SPECIALTY ”

“STOP

KN OC KI NG YOUR G I R L A ROUN D … O R I ’ L L K NOC K YOU OU T! ”

STICK ‘EM UP!

“A G O O D G I R L I S O N LY A S GOOD AS

HER GUNS ”

“ D O N’ T S UC K A L L T HE F U N OUT OF LI FE ”

“SHE’S WAY BIGGER THAN ME, BUT I’LL STILL TAKE HER DOWN!”

“YOU CAN’T INTERFERE WITH ANOTHER GIRL’S HAPPINESS, EVEN IF IT MAKES HER UNHAPPY ”

“LOVE…AND GUTS – ARE THE ONLY THINGS YOU HAVE TO EARN …

EVERYTHING ELSE YOU CAN STEAL” “I HAVE GUNS, SO I TRAVEL. AND KILL”

“AHHHH…NOW I’M SATISFIED…”

“ INSURGENCY

“I’D SLEEP LIGHTLY IF I WERE YOU”

TALK FRIENDLY

MAN IS THE ONLY ANIMAL YOU CAN SKIN MORE THAN ONCE!

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