echoes down the drain

have you ever read "tikki tikki tembo" (or something like that)? children's book. read it. it has a remarkable resonance with what i'd like to write: amphibious. or maybe i'm just imagining things...

by the way, with regards to the kappa, which, for some reason or other, i seem to be fixated on... there are several theories regarding the origin of the kappa. one has to do with aborted or drowned children, who floated down the river (the bloated anuses of drowned corpses, by the way, served as evidence of the manner in which kappa "fed"). another has to do with the portuguese (?) monks who visited japan, whose robes were called "capa," and whose tonsured heads probably resembled bowls...

the notion of unwanted children and monks resonates, if not with all elements in this single planned story, then with other elements throughout the marsilani work (as conceived)...