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커트 보니것 지음, 김한영 옮김 / 문학동네 / 2007년 8월
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A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY







THERE IS NO REASON

GOOD

CAN'T TRIUMPH

OVER EVIL,

IF ONLY ANGELS

WILL

GET ORGANIZED

ALONG THE

LINES

OF THE MAFIA.




OH, A LION HUNTER

IN THE JUNGLE DARK,

AND A SLEEPING DRUNKARD

UP IN CENTRAL PARK,

AND A CHINESE DENTIST

AND A BRITISH QUEEN

ALL FIT TOGETHER

IN THE SAME MACHINE.

NICE, NICE,

SUCH VERY DIFFERENT

PEOPLE IN THE SAME

DEVICE!

-BOKONON




I WANTED ALL

THINGS TO SEEM TO

MAKE SAME SENSE,

SO WE COULD ALL BE

HAPPY, YES, INSTEAD

OF TENSE. AND I

MADE UP LIES, SO

THEY ALL FIT NICE,

AND I MADE THIS

SAD WORLD A

PARADISE.




FUNNIEST JOKE

IN THE WORLD:

"LAST NIGHT I

DREAMED

I WAS EATING

FLANNEL CAKES.

WHEN I WOKE UP

THE BLANKET WAS

GONE!"




I DON'T KNOW

ABOUT YOU,

BUT I PRACTICE

A DISORGANIZED

RELIGION.

I BELONG TO AN

UNHOLY DISORDER.

WE CALL OURSELVES

"OUR LADY OF

PERPETUAL

ASTONISHMENT"




EVOLUTION

IS SO CREATIVE.

THAT'S HOW

WE GOT

GIRAFFES.




WE ARE HERE

ON EARTH

TO FART AROUND

DON'T LET

ANYBODY

TELL YOU

ANY DIFFERENT.




DO YOU THINK

ARABS ARE DUMB?

THEY GAVE US

OUR NUMBERS.

TRY DOING

LONG DIVISION

WITH

ROMAN NUMERALS.




THE HIGHEST TREASON

IN THE USA

IS TO SAY

AMERICANS

ARE NOT LOVED,

NO MATTER

WHERE THEY ARE,

NO MATTER

WHAT

THEY ARE

DOING THERE.




WE DO, DOODLEY DO,

DOODLEY DO, DOODLEY DO,

WHAT WE MUST,

MUDDILY MUST,

MUDDILY MUST,

MUDDILY MUST,

UNTIL WE BUST,

BODILY BUST,

BODILY BUST,

BODILY BUST,

-BOKONON




THAT'S THE END OF

GOOD NEWS ABOUT

ANYTHING. OUR

PLANET'S IMMUNE

SYSTEM IS TRYING

TO GET RID OF

PEOPLE. THIS IS

SURE THE WAY TO

DO THAT.

KV

6AM    11/3/04




WHAT IS IT,

WHAT CAN IT

POSSIBLY BE

ABOUT

BLOW JOBS

AND GOLF?

-MARTIAN VISITOR




LIFE 

IS NO WAY

TO

TREAT AN ANIMAL




PECULIAR

TRAVEL SUGGESTIONS

ARE

DANCING LESSONS

FROM GOD.

-BOKONON




MY

FATHER SAID,

"WHEN IN DOUBT,

CASTLE."






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