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places. They gave me something to drink. It was sweet and orange. I remember
thinking it tasted like Tang or orange Kool-Aid. I kinda passed out after that.
And when I woke up, I was lying on the beach, it was noon, my buttocks were
tingly and my mind was expanded. I suddenly knew the answers to all life’s
great mysteries. Who built the pyramids? What was Stonehenge? Who killed JFK?
Who killed Marilyn Monroe? Did Elvis really die? What is the meaning of life? The
only problem is… I forgot the all answers.”
    He chuckled to himself. “That’s why I follow the
tingly tocks, man. If I go to the Grassy Knoll like the tocks command, I can
maybe solve the JFK riddle and remember all the answers. Then I can expand the
brain of the world.”
    He got up to turn off the camera, but stopped. He
looked down his nose into the lens. “I know what you’re thinking. But I’m not
crazy. Ollie had me tested and the doctor dood declared me sane and highly
advanced on the speculum of creativity. Peace out, man, peace out.”
    G-Ray flashed the two-fingered peace sign then
turned the camera off.

The Grassy Knoll
     
    “I can’t believe I’m actually standing here,” G-Ray
said. “My tocks are pulsing. I can totally feel the pulse in my pants, man.”
    “Be careful,” Ollie warned. “The last time I felt a
pulse in my pants I ended up married.”
    They were on Elm Street in Dallas on the Grassy
Knoll and across the street from the Texas School Book Depository. G-Ray wore
his helmet cam. He had made an executive decision and decided that he might as
well document the whole wild ride instead of limiting it to just the Claire and
Ollie scenes.
    Ollie and Claire stood back and watched G-Ray do his
chicken scratch thing around the summit of the Grassy Knoll. He stuck his thumbs
in his ears and made moose antlers. He wiggled his fingers back and forth.
    Oscar danced around G-Ray’s feet, barking at his
moose impersonation.
    “What’s G-Ray doing now?” Claire whispered.
    “Trying to find a signal,” Ollie said.
    “So you think this alien thing is real?” Claire
asked.
    Ollie shrugged. “I think he thinks it’s real.
And who am I to pee on his parade? It’s not hurting anybody and look how happy
it makes him.”
    “Happy?” Claire gestured to the people who were
double-taking G-Ray’s performance. “Looking like a fool in public makes him
happy?”
    Ollie looked over at Claire and it was almost as if
she was seeing her clearly for the very first time. An unwelcome thought reared
its ugly head. How did she fall in love with and marry a woman who was so… so…
stodgy? “When did you become so…” Ollie began. She censored herself and stopped
mid-sentence. There was no use upsetting Claire any further. They had a long
ride ahead of them. And an even longer time that they would have to live under
the same roof.
    “What?” Claire asked. “Finish what you were going to
say.”
    “Nothing,” Ollie said and walked across the street
toward the Texas Book Depository.
    Claire ran to catch up. Once across the street, she
grabbed Ollie by the arm and turned her around. “Tell me. What were you going
to say?”
    “I don’t know. It’s not important.”
    “I want to hear it. You said, ‘When did I become
so…?’”
    “Uptight,” Ollie blurted. “Uptight and square and
worried about what other people think. You used to laugh more. You made love on
the beach under the moon. You weren’t afraid to have fun.” Ollie was really
warming up now. “Ever since you got with Scarlet, you’ve changed.”
    “How would you know what I’m like now? I haven’t
seen you since the day you left.”
    Ollie couldn’t believe her ears. “Okay, first off, I
didn’t leave . You kicked me out,” she said. “In fact, I think your last
words were, ‘Leave. And don’t come back.’” Ollie could feel her temperature
rising. She turned and walked away before she blew and said something she truly
regretted.
    “Who’s