LAMARR!
Real
Showman
Lamarr
@ his
place
of
work,
a 1952
Boat
ride...I
am
humbled
in his
presence!!..
Every
day
when I
stroll
down
the
Midway,
I
always
stop
and
say a
few
words
to
Lamarr..
Lamarr
runs
the
1946
Boat
ride..
He is
a
little
man,
has
limp
and is
blind
in one
eye...
He
always
has
stubble
an
speaks
with a
squeeky
voice...
When
he has
no
riders
his
face
is
buried
in a
Book..not
comic
books,
or Art
books
but
Fine
literature...
He
holds
the
book
only a
few
inches
from
his
face
when
he
reads,
cause
you
see,
his
good
eye
isn't
so
good...
While
Coney
lives
in his
400
grr
House
(allegedly)...Lamarr
lives
in a
Bunkhouse...
While
Zing
counts
his
Beans...
Lamarr
collects
his
pay
from
the
office...
While
Dini
yields
his
power
in a
"Disco
mirrored
Jacket"
(WTF?)...
Lamarr
labors
in a
Show
shirt
he
gets
for no
charge
cause
he's
earned
that
right...
While
B-rams
cries
about
his
religion
being
desecrated...
Lamarr
is
thankful..Thankful
because
he
shouldn't
even
be
here..
You
see
when
Lamarr
was a
little
boy,
he
fell
off
his
fathers
tractor
and
was
run
over
by a
disc
plow...when
he
finally
woke
up he
was in
a
freezer
at the
morgue
having
been
pronounced
Dead...
Every
day
when I
say
"How's
it
goin
Lamarr"
he
replies
"ok
for
now,
but
you
know
I'm
standin
on a
Banana
peel"...as
he
dives
back
into
his
book..."How
many
Books
you
read
this
week
Lamarr?"..."1
1/2
since
yesterday"
he
squeaks
back...
Lamarr
is
REAL,
He's
ALIVE
and he
could
give a
#>([
about
arties,
SSXSS,
a
parking
lot, a
Apartment,
or a
Beach
with a
Mermaid
parade...or
how he
is,
was or
has,...
Lamarr
is
content,
has no
regrets
about
the
cards
dealt
him,
He
just
reads
his
books,
operates
his
ride,
stands
on his
banana
peel
and
hopes
for
the
Best,
(he's
in his
50's)...
a Lot
can be
learned
from
Lamarr,
I am
Thankful
He
takes
time
to
speak
to
me...if
only
for a
few
minutes...each
Day..
The
Curator
Photograph
courtesy
of The
Curator
Lamarr
and
Jim Z
