Well, I was lying in bed one morning, trying to think of a good reason to get up, and the phone rang and it was Geri and she said Hey, hi! How are you? Whats going on? Hows your work? Oh fine. You know, just waking up but its fine, its going OK, hows yours? Oh a lot of work, you know, I mean, Im trying to make some money too. Listen, I gotta get back to it, I just thought Id call to see how you are ... And I said Yeah, we should really get together next week. You know, have lunch, and talk. And she says Yeah, uh, Ill be in touch. OK? OK Uh, listen, take care OK. Take it easy Bye bye Bye now. And I get up, and the phone rings and its a man from Cleveland and he says Hey, hi! How are you? Listen Im doing a performance series and Id like you to do something in it. Uh, you know, you could make a little money. I mean, I dont know how I feel about your work, you know, its not really my style, its kind of trite, but listen, its just my opinion, dont take it personally. So listen, Ill be in town next week. I gotta go now, but Ill give you a call, and well have lunch, and we can discuss a few things And I hang up and it rings again and I dont answer it and I go out for a walk and I drop in at the gallery and they say Hey, hi. How are you? Oh fine. You know Hows your work going? OK. I mean ... You know its not like it was in the sixties. I mean, those were the days, theres just no money around now, you know, survive, produce, stick it out, its a jungle out there, just gotta keep working And the phone rings and she says Oh excuse me, will you? Hey, hi! How are you? Uh huh. Hows your work? Good. Well, listen, stick it out, I mean, its not the sixties, you know, listen, I gotta go now, but, uh, lunch would be great. Fine, next week? Yeah. Very busy now, but next week would be fine, OK? Bye bye Bye now And I go over to Magoos, for a bite, and I see Frank and I go over to his table and I say Hey Frank. Hi, how are you? Hows your work? Yeah, mines OK too. Listen, Im broke you know, but, uh, working ... Listen, I gotta go now, uh, we should really get together, you know. Why dont you drop by sometime? Yeah, that would be great. OK. Take care Take it easy Ill see you Ill call you Bye now Bye bye And I go to a party and everyones sitting around wearing these party hats and its really awkward and no one can think of anything to say. So we all move aroundfastand its Hi! How are you? Whereve you been? Nice to see you. Listen, Im sorry I missed your thing last week, but we should really get together, you know, maybe next week. Ill call you. Ill see you Bye bye And I go home and the phone rings and its Alan and he says You know, Im gonna have a show on, uh, cable TV and its gonna be about loneliness, you know, people in the city who for whatever sociological, psychological, philosophical reasons just cant seem to communicate, you know, The Gap, The Gap, uh, itll be a talk show and peoplell phone in but we will say at the beginning of each program Uh, listen, dont call in with your personal problems because we dont want to hear them And Im going to sleep and it rings again and its Mary and she says Hey, Laurie, how are you? Listen, uh, I just called to say hi ... Uh, yeah, well dont worry. Uh, listen, just keep working. I gotta go now. I know its late but we should really get together next week maybe and have lunch and talk and ... Listen, Laurie, uh, if you want to talk before then, uh, Ill leave my answering machine on ... and just give me a ring ... anytime
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