WHOoPLA: Chapters 16, 17 & 18

Chapter Sixteen: The Ledge

A lot of dope was going to be smoked out on “the ledge” Monday night. The “Ledge” was the thinking place at QFM. It was a 3′ wide walkway between the news room window and a 3′ high jagged stone facade that topped off the building. QFM was in the penthouse on the 21st floor. Above it was the roof upon which sat a 20′ high steel sculpture that was thought to be a blimp dock but had never been used for such. The large metal double hung newsroom window opened wide and was low to the floor so it was easy to step out onto the ledge and survey the cityscape. Aside from up on the roof sitting beneath the blimp dock, the ledge was the best place in the city to smoke dope. The 70′s progressive rock jocks had called the newsroom “the crystal palace” because there was a double glass sliding door that separated it from the on-air studio. With that door open and the window open, you could even smoke dope while sitting at the control board in the studio, blow it out toward the open “palace” patio door and it would make a hard right and zoom straight out the window and over the ledge edge. The ledge was a truly magical place that laid waste to any heavy shit that may have been burdening you. It cleared your mind’s hard drive and refreshed your psyche.

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~ by Scott on December 6, 2007.