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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ project: | |||
18 | link: worse-looking-over | 18 | link: worse-looking-over |
19 | ... | 19 | ... |
20 | 20 | ||
21 | I'm writing this now because I have to. \ | 21 | I'm writing this now because I have to. \ |
22 | Not in some "my soul yearns for this and \ | 22 | Not in some "my soul yearns for this and \ |
23 | I can't help it" way, but in the way that this \ | 23 | I can't help it" way, but in the way that this \ |
24 | moment is structured as such, that it is \ | 24 | moment is structured as such, that it is \ |
@@ -27,39 +27,46 @@ you reading it, now for you, later for me, | |||
27 | 27 | ||
28 | and this tenuous connection mates me \ | 28 | and this tenuous connection mates me \ |
29 | and you forever, combined with each other, two \ | 29 | and you forever, combined with each other, two \ |
30 | electrons momentarily entwined. Later, \ | 30 | [electrons momentarily entwined][]. Later, \ |
31 | when I'm dead or far too famous for you, and \ | 31 | when I'm dead or far too famous for you, and \ |
32 | you're in school, reading my words because it is \ | 32 | you're in school, reading my words because it is \ |
33 | required reading, I want you to remember this | 33 | required reading, I want you to remember this |
34 | 34 | ||
35 | connection we've always had, this \ | 35 | connection we've always had, this \ |
36 | spider's thread hanging between you and me. \ | 36 | [spider's thread][] hanging between you and me. \ |
37 | Which of us is the spider and which is \ | 37 | Which of us is the spider and which is \ |
38 | the fly still remains to be seen. To \ | 38 | the fly still remains to be seen. To \ |
39 | eat, perchance to fly: all of that and \ | 39 | eat, perchance to fly: all of that and \ |
40 | more. We can settle all of this later. | 40 | more. We can settle all of this later. |
41 | 41 | ||
42 | Yes, it is you I'm thinking of in your later \ | 42 | Yes, it is you I'm thinking of in your later \ |
43 | time: you specifically, not another. This \ | 43 | time: you specifically, not another. This \ |
44 | is true for all _x_ such that _x_ > 0 and \ | 44 | is true for all $x$ such that $x > 0$ and \ |
45 | _x_ is a real person, though it doesn't bother me \ | 45 | $x$ is a real person, though it doesn't bother me \ |
46 | to write to a fictional figure or to \ | 46 | to write to a fictional figure or to \ |
47 | a figment, maybe, of my imagination. This is | 47 | [a figment][], maybe, of my imagination. This is |
48 | 48 | ||
49 | what you are right now, anyway, dear Reader, is \ | 49 | what you are right now, anyway, [dear Reader][], is \ |
50 | it not? I'm talking about my now, of course, not later, \ | 50 | it not? I'm talking about my now, of course, not later, \ |
51 | which is your now. Later will be my now too, \ | 51 | which is your now. Later will be my now too, \ |
52 | and maybe I'm ultimately writing to a future part of this \ | 52 | and maybe I'm ultimately writing to a future part of this \ |
53 | self: you could very well be me. \ | 53 | self: you could very well be me. \ |
54 | In fact, you probably are me, some other version, and | 54 | In fact, you probably are me, [some other version][], and |
55 | 55 | ||
56 | I am you in the past, or what you could've been, and \ | 56 | I am you in the past, or what you could've been, and \ |
57 | at the same time, this isn't true. Everything is, \ | 57 | at the same time, this isn't true. Everything is, \ |
58 | and nothing isn't. The difference between "you" and "me" \ | 58 | and nothing isn't. The difference between "you" and "me" \ |
59 | is in name only. Maybe you'll get this later, \ | 59 | is in name only. Maybe you'll get this later, \ |
60 | when you're older, when I'm older, when all of this \ | 60 | [when you're older][], when I'm older, when all of this \ |
61 | is something we'll look fondly back to, | 61 | is something we'll look fondly back to, |
62 | 62 | ||
63 | because I do hope to meet you, although much later, \ | 63 | because I do hope to meet you, although much later, \ |
64 | and I hope your feeling is the same. All this \ | 64 | and I hope your feeling is the same. All this \ |
65 | talk on me and you and you and me we'll keep between us two. | 65 | talk on me and you and you and me we'll keep between us two. |
66 | |||
67 | [electrons momentarily entwined]: treatise.html | ||
68 | [spider's thread]: last-passenger.html | ||
69 | [a figment]: epigraph.html | ||
70 | [some other version]: elegyforanalternateself.html | ||
71 | [when you're older]: found-typewriter-poem.html | ||
72 | [dear Reader]: real-writer.html | ||