Clementius Stupnagel di Montefalcone: the saga of a smart artist (smartast)

Chapter 1
Clementius (named after a 9th century pope) Stupnagel di Montefalcone (CSM) was born on the Cyclone roller coaster in Coney Island, N.Y. on an undetermined date shortly after the beginning of World War II (this enabled him to escape the draft). CSM’s mother tended a merry-go-round at the Coney Island amusement park and one day, for no reason at all, let the kids have a few free turns while she hopped onto the roller coaster. The sensations this procured made her give birth to CSM at the middle of the first fast descent. At the end of the ride, she cut the umbilical cord, returned to her merry-go-round and put CSM in a swan. For the remainder of the day, the swan and CSM turned round and round on the merry-go-round.