The Stupid Christs (1969)
Story (1969)
Excerpt
The Stupid Christs
three men had to lift the mass of rubber and place it into the machine and the machine chopped it up into the various things it was meant to be; heated it and chopped it and shitted it out: bicycle pedals, bathing caps, hot water bottles...you had to be careful how you put the thing into the machine or you'd get an arm sheared off, and when you had a hangover you were always particularly worried about getting an arm sheared off. it had happened to two men in the last three years: Durbin and Peterson. they put Durbin in Payroll—you could see him sitting in there with one sleeve hanging. they gave Peterson a broom and a mop and he cleaned out the crappers, emptied the wastebaskets, hung the toiletpaper, so forth...
Appears in Books
- Tales of Ordinary Madness - 1983, pg. 89
- Erections, Ejaculations and General Tales of Ordinary Madness - 1972, pg. 329