Page 140
By Jack Joseph Smith
A song in Prankster's
Brain.
Your a slow moving MadMAN
stoned
DA, dA, dA
(Louder)
your a slow moving MadMAN --
stoned
Da, dA, dA
DA, dA, dA
(Louder)
Your a slow moving madMAN
stoned
Da, dA, dA
DA, dA, dA
DA, dA, dA
By Jack Joseph Smith
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
This page works like a rough chant, repeating a taunting portrait of the 'slow moving' figure until the refrain becomes its own rhythm.
The page matters less for narrative than for cadence. The repeated 'Da, dA, dA' and the stage-direction 'Louden' make it feel half lyric, half performance note, while the shifting names Midman, Madmon, and madMAN suggest the target is mutating as the chant intensifies.
Titled 'A song in Prankster's Brain,' three verses of 'Your a slow moving MadMAN / stoned' with '(Louder)' stage directions. A tonal rupture from the prose on either side; the Wurlitzer letterhead correctly excluded. Corrected in audit from 'Braid' / 'Midman' / 'Louden'.