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the klaxon bell
| Violet bat-shit-crazy space | 11/21/17 |
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Date: November 21st, 2017 11:17 PM Author: Violet bat-shit-crazy space The klaxon bell, fixed on the far wall of your and every other associate's office since time immemorial, lately caked in dust, that limp detritus of a shop that once went beyond known limits for the salvation of humanity but now pushes paper in ten thousand jurisdictions--you remember the senior partner touring you around the room on the day of your Assumption; "men have died in response to that bell; impossible treasures of the firm spent; grand ventures launched, failed, sent out again, conquesting; when that bell rings, my boy, you wage war. Goddamn you, you wage war." You still feel the steelcoil grip of his hand on your shoulder as he shook the message into you. You stare off into the abyss of Outlook, musing about the propriety of sending out a request for precedent for the appropriate length for an office ennui hanging noose. Thunderclap sudden, the klaxon rings in your and every other office in the firm. It's come. Bethoveen's Ninth in D Minor sounds in your ears, you feel the blood rushing through you, your mind body soul tensing for the challenge; you reach down and grab .... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3805407&forum_id=2#34745383) |