#17 When The Going Gets Weird by Mikel K

K On The Road: A Visit to A Safari in Georgia

We learned fast that the ostriches were not user friendly, that they would bite your fingers as they took the large pellet of food from your hand. The ostriches were invasive, also, using their long necks to reach down to the floor of the car to try to take all of the food that you had.

From this initial meeting with an ostrich, our windows were up whenever an ostrich approached us on this safari that we were on, in, of all places, a small town called Pine Mountain, in Georgia.

The deer were pleasant to interact with. They waited their turn for a pellet, did not push each other to get one, and then gave us what seemed to be a look of thanks upon receiving their pellets.

I liked feeding the pigs. They could not stick their noses in our windows, but looked so beautiful trotting along the ground that I could not help but throw pellets on the ground in front of them. Most of the pigs were black. I have never seen, or heard of, a black pig. They were very regal, and like the deers polite, and thankful.

We were at a place called Wild Animal Safari; the idea being that when you buy your ticket, you also buy a bag, or two, of large pellets of food. Then you drive down a long, and winding, road, where all kinds of incredible animals wait for you. They approach your car, and many of them stick their heads into your open car window to be fed.

The Zebras were beautiful, and only a tad overbearing. It was amazing to see two giraffes, who, in nature, reach for the stars,normally, to eat, bend over and have their heads in our car at the same time. (Joan freaked a bit about this, because both of the giraffes were on her side of the car, and stuck their heads through her window at the same time.

There were watusi, and buffalo, all of whom were very polite, though quite imposing. There were antelope, who were a little bit squeamish, llamas, also polite, and a bit shy.

In cages, and visible during the walk part of the journey, were some funky monkees, a baboon, ligers, which I was told are a cross between a lion, and a tiger, and a big, big, big beautiful rhinoceros. I love rhinoceroses: what an amazing animal. Where does such a creature come from?

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Up at 8:34 Someone peed on the carpet right by the front door. We went for a long walk, shortly before bedtime, so I am not pleased about this.

When Johnny Cash does a song, he either nails it,
or totally fucks it up. On Pandora, he just totally
fucked up, "Heart of Gold," by Neil Young, God Rest
His Soul.
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"A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe, helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself and the world around him." — Dylan Thomas
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The Mutual Admiration Society

I am thankful for her,
and she is thankful for me.
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You could have kissed A Queen

When the clowns have all gone to bed,
and the foxes have run back to the forest,
there is a freedom in the air that doesn't
normally exist.
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Did she make you beat off?

Did you see her?
She was in Playboy.
She showed all that
the magazine would allow.
Another magazine
would have showed more,
but she wasn't
in another magazine.
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Death might just be the beginning

If you die, and you stay in the spot where you die, forever,
you will not look as good as you would in a vase up on somebody's shelf.
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By A Lake

Tell that duck to shut up
I think to myself, and then
I remember that I am here
to enjoy nature.
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Someone had developed, and is selling,
an inhalible form of caffeine. I can't
wait untiil we can shoot it up!

http://www.aeroshots.com/
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I set a personal best in the swimming pool, today, swimming for 15 minutes. The swim has tired me out. Do good things, and good things will happen to ya.
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Jerry Sandusky, accused child molestor, and former college football coach, Is "sensitive" to not being able to visit his grandchildren, and wants to be released from house arrest. People is his neighborhodd shudder when the see him out in his yard.
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Word from a Syrian Man: "Everybody is sitting at home
waiting for their death."
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Mikel K: I'm having a cheddar cheese rice cake.
Joe Gorelick Mikel, I'll alert the media!
Mikel K: Thanks Joe; I'm glad that you recognize a great story.
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Well, I am going to roll out of here(as opposed to, of course, roll one).
The Plumber is coming, tomorrow morning at nine, to replace the faucet
in the kitchen that is beginning to channel Niagra Falls for all its ambitions. Today was special. You are special. Good Night. I Love You.