← All writing
A scene from the novel
Paperwork and the Sea of Consciousness
A car pulls up, and the day's paperwork turns out to be much more than paperwork.
A car pulled up, and its driver introduced himself as Boogie. He had volunteered for the job just to do the paperwork—because, as he explained, paperwork is wonderwork.
The itinerary was simple: a haircut at Figaro's, every step easy and obligatory except the last one, which they might not survive. Then the day got away from everyone.
By evening, Larry and Lorry had seen things they were not prepared to see, and paperwork meant something entirely different from what they had expected. Lorry suspected it would be like this from now on.