‘Once Father Time has his way with you, you’ll see, he will learn you reeel good-like. He likes to crawl as deep down inside of you as possible and wrap himself around in there all tight and what not, then, yes, then, he will grant you that last dance indeed. That that’s a promise!’ Three days later, so hungry...maybe the old man will help me. Weakly, ‘ Hello!’ ‘Oh boy! He’s gone and got you all wrapped up don’t he!’ It’s as if the man is all around me, he’s so loud! ‘Please help me!’ Why am I falling? Is that a rock? DARKNESS An excerpt from a short non-fiction essay that was written at LSU in 2002, the young man who penned the essay emailed it to Dr. Conrad while on holiday, and was reported missing days later by an anonymous phone call made to LSU faculty police Dept. The young man was never found, and the email containing the term paper was the last contact. It’s quite a grisly read, as it was published, albeit, briefly, ‘HUMANITIES 101 -Proof of Turtle King’ #turtleking #spiritualnapalm #lsu #humanities101proofofturtleking # https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Bjyk5Bz70/?igshid=1xeslwknbjfa0