标题: 《Fool 》作者：- John Morressy【EPUB】 [打印本页] 作者: zaq 时间: 2013-4-17 21:09 标题: 《Fool 》作者：- John Morressy【EPUB】 Fool By John Morressy When John Morressy died last March we were fortunate to have a few stories by him ininventory. “Fool” sadly is the last of them though we’re still hoping some gems willturn up in his papers. It’s a poignant and potent fantasy narrated by one of our favoritecharacters to pass through these pages recently. By the way readers should know we have afine appreciation of John Morressy’s work on our Website. Dave Truesdale has begun writing“Off on a Tangent” for us every month. Check it out on the “Departments” page the December column takes a long look at the Morressy legacy. “Niccolo comes” At the cry revelers crammed with food and sodden with wine cease their gobbling and swilling.They forget their eager lusts and roar with delight when I hobble in darting in sudden lungesfrom side to side wheeling round and round to afford every guest a look at my form and myfeatures and my lopsided gait. Niccolo the fool is the climax of every feast. Mixed with the shrieks of laughter are cries of horror and disgust. A sensitive few shrink fromthe sight of me and avert their eyes. I have caused women to faint and some men as well tothe delight of their companions. Such is my welcome and I glory in it. I was born to be a fool and I am a master of mycalling. And I am something more. Oh yes I am much more. Had I been a shade less hideous just a trifle less misshapen and ill-made the midwife wouldhave seen to it that I did not survive to shame