Thinking back on the visits to the old mission and the presidio .... it seemed to me that I had missed something ... clues that were there but that I was not picking up ...
I went down to the harbor with a thermos of cloaking liquid .... and sat on the beach to mull it over. The pelicans were just floating back and form ... the skimmers were on the beach ... the sea gulls were their usual vocal selves ... and the boat traffic into and out of the harbor was non-stop ...
I went over what I knew about the Spanish history in the new world and compared that to the development of the US as a nation .... there was a time when Spain claimed all the land west of the Mississippi ... and the United States recognized this and in return claimed all the land east of the Mississippi ... and the hubris in this is self evident ...
As I was sitting there photographing the pelicans flying in and out .... my attention was grabbed by a young lady in a bikini walking along the beach .... she wasn't coming towards me but would pass in front of me on her way to one of the many boats in the marina ... she had an iPod ..to which she was listening .. she was singing along .... I could make out some of the words .... 'that little boy's smile ....' as she comes closer it becomes more distinct and I can get some sense of melody, '....slow southern style ...', she passes in front of me and I hear this ...'a new religion that'll bring ya to your knees ...... black velvet if you please' ....
I recognize the song now ... but it gets me to thinking .... 'new religion' ... the song is about Elvis ... rock 'n' roll after Elvis was accused of being the devil's music ... records were burned .... Elvis was from Tupelo but had moved to Memphis .... Memphis was on the Mississippi ... on the east side or the US side of the river .... the former dividing line between the Spanish and American claims .... I had been bombarded with messages, both overt and subtle, containing the number of the beast ...
There was only one thing to do .... I was going to have to very quietly go east to Memphis .... there is something there that will make sense of all this ....
The young girl head turns 450 degrees ... just like that scene in 'The Exorcist' ... and looks my way ... without taking her ear-buds out she says in a louder than normal voice, '... we both will be received in Graceland....', I reply, 'You're The Devil in Disguise' .... she walks on ...
Long distance information indeed .....
To quote fron verse 1666 of the Krome Koan,
'Silence is golden ... duct tape is silver...'
Motivatin' over the hill ....
Forever Man
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