Another excerpt from Deus Oinof

     I need a fucking smoke.

     And, as usual, Hairlip’s late with the smokes and beer. Ever since

that time he claimed to have seen God, he’s been unreliable. I saw God

once. Coming out of the mountains at Hope, looking into the valley, I

saw the ocean in the distance. Of course, this is impossible but there

it was. As I ran, the water rushed up the valley and in a wave washed

over me. In the water, I was surrounded by warmth and love and it was

there I saw God. Then it was gone and I was back on the road,

breathing in the smell of shit from the surrounding farms. But it gave

me the strength to go on. So, yeah, I saw God too. A lot of fucking

good that did me.

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This excerpt is the opening paragraph from Deus Oinof, an unpublished collaborative novel by Michael Roth and Jerry Schroeder.