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authorCase Duckworth2015-03-27 13:47:42 -0700
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20 link: worse-looking-over 20 link: worse-looking-over
21... 21...
22 22
23I'm writing this now because I have to. \ 23| I'm writing this now because I have to.
24Not in some "my soul yearns for this and \ 24| Not in some "my soul yearns for this and
25I can't help it" way, but in the way that this \ 25| I can't help it" way, but in the way that this
26moment is structured as such, that it is \ 26| moment is structured as such, that it is
27crystallized this way, me writing this, and later \ 27| crystallized this way, me writing this, and later
28you reading it, now for you, later for me, 28| you reading it, now for you, later for me,
29 29
30and this tenuous connection mates me \ 30| and this tenuous connection mates me
31and you forever, combined with each other, two \ 31| and you forever, combined with each other, two
32[electrons momentarily entwined][]. Later, \ 32| [electrons momentarily entwined][]. Later,
33when I'm dead or far too famous for you, and \ 33| when I'm dead or far too famous for you, and
34you're in school, reading my words because it is \ 34| you're in school, reading my words because it is
35required reading, I want you to remember this 35| required reading, I want you to remember this
36 36
37connection we've always had, this \ 37| connection we've always had, this
38[spider's thread][] hanging between you and me. \ 38| [spider's thread][] hanging between you and me.
39Which of us is the spider and which is \ 39| Which of us is the spider and which is
40the fly still remains to be seen. To \ 40| the fly still remains to be seen. To
41eat, perchance to fly: all of that and \ 41| eat, perchance to fly: all of that and
42more. We can settle all of this later. 42| more. We can settle all of this later.
43 43
44Yes, it is you I'm thinking of in your later \ 44| Yes, it is you I'm thinking of in your later
45time: you specifically, not another. This \ 45| time: you specifically, not another. This
46is true for all $x$ such that $x > 0$ and \ 46| is true for all $x$ such that $x > 0$ and
47$x$ is a real person, though it doesn't bother me \ 47| $x$ is a real person, though it doesn't bother me
48to write to a fictional figure or to \ 48| to write to a fictional figure or to
49[a figment][], maybe, of my imagination. This is 49| [a figment][], maybe, of my imagination. This is
50 50
51what you are right now, anyway, [dear Reader][], is \ 51| what you are right now, anyway, [dear Reader][], is
52it not? I'm talking about my now, of course, not later, \ 52| it not? I'm talking about my now, of course, not later,
53which is your now. Later will be my now too, \ 53| which is your now. Later will be my now too,
54and maybe I'm ultimately writing to a future part of this \ 54| and maybe I'm ultimately writing to a future part of this
55self: you could very well be me. \ 55| self: you could very well be me.
56In fact, you probably are me, [some other version][], and 56| In fact, you probably are me, [some other version][], and
57 57
58I am you in the past, or what you could've been, and \ 58| I am you in the past, or what you could've been, and
59at the same time, this isn't true. Everything is, \ 59| at the same time, this isn't true. Everything is,
60and nothing isn't. The difference between "you" and "me" \ 60| and nothing isn't. The difference between "you" and "me"
61is in name only. Maybe you'll get this later, \ 61| is in name only. Maybe you'll get this later,
62[when you're older][], when I'm older, when all of this \ 62| [when you're older][], when I'm older, when all of this
63is something we'll look fondly back to, 63| is something we'll look fondly back to,
64 64
65because I do hope to meet you, although much later, \ 65| because I do hope to meet you, although much later,
66and I hope your feeling is the same. All this \ 66| and I hope your feeling is the same. All this
67talk on me and you and you and me we'll keep between us two. 67| talk on me and you and you and me we'll keep between us two.
68 68
69[electrons momentarily entwined]: treatise.html 69[electrons momentarily entwined]: treatise.html
70[spider's thread]: last-passenger.html 70[spider's thread]: last-passenger.html