Spending the night.

Not one person returned to

their rooms, all wanting to

stay until noon.

Or at least, until the Sun

came up.

Here Comes the Sun

The Sun peeked slowly over

the horizon, climbing ever

so slightly becoming more

brightly.

The crowd cheering and

waving their hands with

gusto, shouting;

"Good Morning Sunshine,

we are here to say Hello."

The Sun receiving the flow of

salutation, held one and all

in adoration.

The announcement came.

"Breakfast is Now Open."

Slowly walking to the breakfast

hall, everyone broke out in song.

See Ya Later Sunshine.

We are ready for today.

Let us go eat some eggs.

Little green ones

if you please.

Edda meets Jack

With her breakfast plate

in hand she spotted an empty

table by the window.

Reminiscing on last nights

adventure, she was calm

and in deep thought.

Broken by a male voice asking,

"May I sit in one of these chairs?"

Edda responded, "None

are saved."

"Thank you," Jack said as he sat

down to eat.

Edda looked out the window not

ready to engage in a conversation.

Jack sat there quietly not saying a

word while eating his breakfast.

Neither talked for the whole time

and finally Edda pushed her chair

back to get up and leave.

Jack asked, "May I ask a question?"

"That depends on the question."

"I was impressed with how you

delivered your Barreta Quote."

"I beg your pardon."

"Robert Blake, the actor who

played Barreta on TV."

"I don't spend a lot of time with TV.

I am too busy writing and creating."

"During the last century, Robert

Blake was being sued and the

Plaintiff's lawyer was accusing

him of changing his story. He said,

of course it changes, I'm not some

kind of machine, I'm a human

being."

Edda responded, "Interesting.

And I thought I was making that

up. I wrote it because it had a

musical rhyming quality.

Jack said, "Do you remember the

expression, Everything that is

going to be written has already

been written."

"Not yet." said Edda as she pushed

her chair back."

"I learned that while attending the

Universidad de Buenos Aires."

Standing up Edda asked,

"What did you learn?"

"The infinite monkey theorem."

With an expressionless face Edda

said, "I am glad you learned the

deeper meaning of life while

attending University."

As she turned and walked away,

Jack said, "Excuse me."

Edda paused and turned around saying, "Yes?"

"My name is Jack Kerouac."

"That's nice."

"May I ask your name?"

"Edda."

Pausing, Jack asked, "No last

name?"

"Not needed." responded Edda as

she turned around and walked

away.

Jack looked out the window and

wondered, "Who is she really?"

He thought some more, "Is she

an actress following the rules

we were given or did she play

the part of her true self?"

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