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Giraffes tolerating nothing. La Juan in 82. A safari in here. A stampede. If only the zebras would move along. Graze in another field. Find another plain. Our drive is solitary. The air is thin. Not as thick and heavy. The romance dresses. Like a tease. Red hats and lace. These fallen scenes.

Dissolving into liquid things. The drinks of our fathers. Set aside for now. Tested. Peace can be achieved. And happiness too. Unconditionally. It's the only way. Expectations of a generation. Untypical. Like pioneering a path forward. Spiritual first, it seems. Word and wine. Emotional, those feelings. Nothing more. Then the activities and thoughts. Friendly existence. Get some skin up in this game. Fry it up in a pan.

Might just walk the Great Wall of China. Walk it all day long in the sun. Maybe I'll get my gal to walk it with me. My gal would make it so much fun. Thought about shooting for the moon. The moon is the place to be. Place I could find some peace and quiet. But this gravity won't let me leave. (Chourus) Like a folk child. Along for the ride. Just watch the sky, just watch the sky. Who knows, I'll go to the mountains. Go up the rocks to the tops. Declare my hopeful intentions, babe. Whether you belive it or not. Perhaps I won't leave for anywhere. Spend my time passing time. Think of stories and hear the melodies. And make sure it all rhymes. CFCC GFCC CFCC FGCC AmF GC AmG C

     The shortest distance between two points is a line, uncurved and precise.  This linear truth is at the center of all things equal and just.  The reality makes us feel safe and secure, all is going to be right.  Phases of life, father time's eventual end, declines of bodies and minds, as intended.  And all that is fine.  Get in line everybody, put on a frown, cry.  Hurt and moan.  The Boo Hoo Blues, the Wine Whines, the Vape Vampires.  Not that linear thought or travel or reading is all bad, The Fantastic Formalities Of Tennis could be read in that comfortable manner, perhaps during hammock time.  A leisurely exercise in absorbing the tennis and tangents approach.  The demonstrations, declarations, and pronations.  Stories of heroes and fools, legends and chumps, grits and gangs, grunters and grinders.  Mudders.  Characters, less developed, more revealed.  Like, real.  Damn the timeline, it is...

Table Of Contents Preface Part I:  Isner Scoring Method 1.  Shambles Of My Game 2.  Double Fault Worries 3.  Highlighter Orange 4.  Tennis Is Peace 5.  Rainout Beers 6.  The Tennis Underground 7.  Thirsty For The Throne 8.  Red Clay And Jack Sock 9.  Five Hour Window 10.  Heavy Air 11.  The Wilson Hope 12.  Chicken Wire 13.  King The Todd 14.  Dunlop And A Three 15.  ISM 16.  Kramerian Game 17.  The Final Mahut 18.  Anatomy Of A Roddick 19.  Fresh Oregano 20.  Like McEnroe Part II:  The Junkyard Court 1.  Vantaggio Side 2.  Strawberry Cream 3.  Grass Transition 4.  This Ain't No Exhibition 5.  Deuce Juice 6.  A Recognizable And Distinct Gesture 7.  The Complete Obsession With Opponent Destruction 8.  Between Hippie And Preppie 9.  This Potential Madness 10.  Athletic Apparel Hy...