Question: The "I Got A Call From A Wrong Number Theme"
by Holly
Andybody know what this is? Or why Mister Andy keeps making reference to it?
I have read most of "Poetry and Stories", not "Huey Williams", "God", or certain other writings I have of his yet - so I dunno
what's going on in those other books,
but...
...running all throughout "Poetry And Stories" is this motif of "somebody called me in the middle of the night and it was a wrong
number, but she was a cool chick,
and we talked all night, and I wanted to call her, but she had my numbers and I didn't have hers, and so I waited for her to call
back (etc. etc. etc.)" This wrong
number thing comes up frequently.
Then, there it is at the end of "Blassie" - yet another reference to being called by a wrong number, and staying on the line for
ten hours.
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Would some of you please offer up hypotheses on the topic of: to what does this theme make reference, why is it repeated so
often in AK's work, and what does he
want us to "get" from it (aside from noticing it's a common motif that runs through his work, and asking ourselves what it
means)?
Thanks - it's driving me crazy.
Oh, wait, I'm already crazy - strike that last remark from the record, please. *_~