Chinese guy perched on a ladder br attempted to sop up the water br with a sponge br then staunch br the flow with plaster br in an intricate way br I now cannot remember br when without warning br I pulled off my ears br but no blood br no pain br holding them one in each hand br while they wiggled br waiting br for a tone br any murmur at all br but only the profound br silence of the tomb br while water br dribbled on an earless head br at Spinoza HS told Peter F br he said Not to worry br the Bird Flu br would cure all my ills br imagined or otherwise br told him br he merely repeated my wisdom br which I had given him br the previous day br and he informed me br my wisdom too br repeated from br Taisen Deshimaru br namely br all problems solved br in the coffin.