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Theater of Utter Charm Part 20

any fool can be a philosopher and it's not that big a deal to be an Oracle either we all notice more than we let on so much is kept from us to lessen disruption is the scam while time disrupts this moment into the next everyone looks for a new level of competence beauty must have something to do with it which is what I've been meaning to say all along independent of any mental state begin with why not is it a curious thing that wishes come true but their needless embellishments are a circus of optics and psychology and armor spread before an imaginary audience made up of fallen heroes how they got there is a black mystery something caught in my throat again an idea looking for a home you've all been hypnotized by an evil wizard how evil you ask I'll tell you he replied you see he reminisced it's an old story which requires some background in the style of a script being pitched to studio heads at Channel 666 in desperation but well calculated running circles around wise men while coupled to an extremely ill disciplined and eruptive sense of play yes that evil so no stopping for a rest there when the backdrop becomes tranquil just because you don't notice things doesn't mean that other people don't notice things interest is not seduction if that's what you are worried about so figure it all out for your self sure ideas can get you in trouble an appetite for trouble is not in the manuals speaking of which they are much overrated in a mirror game of who is the fairest which factors can we choose and which factors break bones images captioned a thousand ways it's an echo chamber of interpretation about safety power intelligence and the objectives which require them you merely need a theory of your own ignorance where every imperfection need not be a dark omen it's what we have to work with gripping our sense of adequacy in a scarcity game of epic measurement not knowing what to do when the cameras roll it should be obvious by now that he is a harmless outcomes gladiator with an underdog identity conflict I'm joining the Church of Don't Hurt People so send your tax deductible checks to the Angel of Mirth having power over another human is a ballroom masquerade for barked shins and flattened forehead we too often use our logic to defend our appetites against further logic offensive sadistic micro management and some times you just have to gamble (to be continued) From "Theater of Utter Charm" Available o n Amazon

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