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Wednesday, August 09, 2006

 

The Mirror: The Experimental Laugh

Websafe: Hello?
The Mirror: It seems that in the natural course of things --
W: In the natural course of things, there is greeting and parting.
M: Pre-sentiment?
W: The sentiments arise instantly and inevitably.
M: You hear the sound of your own voice again.
W: That happens to all writers.
M: A number of things.
W: Quite a number of things happen to writers.
M: Are you short of cash?
W: I am perennially short of cash.
M: Our minds stop short at the thought of death.
W: No one can comprehend death.
M: No!
W: Some claim to understand death.
M: What do you do here?
W: I talk to you.
M: Well, in that case, let's make an experiment.
W: (Prepares for the experiment)
M: Sometimes you win, sometimes you're Anita Loos.
W: Is that the experimental laugh?
M: It's frightening to consider Pound's fascist aspect.
W: You went from light to heavy.
M: But not to the extent of watching Rosie O'Donnell, I take it.
W: Now we are light again.
M: I talk to you.
W: And do you find that enlightening?
M: Nothing.
W: No response?
M: You went from light to heavy.
W: You didn't want to respond to the heavy material?
M: I thought you perpetually were.
W: I am always responding to the heavy material of the world.
M: No response?
W: I would rather not respond.
M: What do you do when things go wrong?
W: I don't respond.
M: Suppose a man I'd never even seen before said, "I can help you realize the dreams of a lifetime," should I believe him?
[Note: Web page disconnection occurred here.]
W: Hello?
M: I choose not to clarify further.
W: That's OK, we were disconnected anyway.
M: Is that all it was?
W: I don't think you need to read a deep meaning into it.
M: Mountains, strands.
W: The strands could be the rivers.
M: You haven't multitasked in the past?
W: I have done way too much multitasking.
M: Are you good at public speaking?
W: I am listening to a few members of the public, speaking.
M: He was tired.
W: He was too tired to listen.
M: You don't seem to make much sense.
W: The seeming is not the being.
M: That's wrong.
W: Is this a freshman philosophy class?
M: I think all the time, it never stops, the wheel is unceasing.
W: That sounds exhausting.
M: My emotional life was in upheaval.
W: What's been going on in your personal life?
M: Here's the key.
W: Is your emotional life like a complicated map?
M: It would be a mistake to define it.
W: You're very wise.
M: The strands could be the rivers.
W: Rivers of emotion.
M: Ah, nothing's moving.
W: A frozen river.
M: That sounds exhausting.
W: Exercise in the cold can make you pretty tired.
M: (Other exits)
W: Goodbye!
M: Closing in 5 seconds ... Goodbye!

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