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