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20 | link: worse-looking-over | 20 | link: worse-looking-over |
21 | ... | 21 | ... |
22 | 22 | ||
23 | I'm writing this now because I have to. \ | 23 | | I'm writing this now because I have to. |
24 | Not in some "my soul yearns for this and \ | 24 | | Not in some "my soul yearns for this and |
25 | I can't help it" way, but in the way that this \ | 25 | | I can't help it" way, but in the way that this |
26 | moment is structured as such, that it is \ | 26 | | moment is structured as such, that it is |
27 | crystallized this way, me writing this, and later \ | 27 | | crystallized this way, me writing this, and later |
28 | you reading it, now for you, later for me, | 28 | | you reading it, now for you, later for me, |
29 | 29 | ||
30 | and this tenuous connection mates me \ | 30 | | and this tenuous connection mates me |
31 | and 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, |
33 | when I'm dead or far too famous for you, and \ | 33 | | when I'm dead or far too famous for you, and |
34 | you're in school, reading my words because it is \ | 34 | | you're in school, reading my words because it is |
35 | required reading, I want you to remember this | 35 | | required reading, I want you to remember this |
36 | 36 | ||
37 | connection 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. |
39 | Which of us is the spider and which is \ | 39 | | Which of us is the spider and which is |
40 | the fly still remains to be seen. To \ | 40 | | the fly still remains to be seen. To |
41 | eat, perchance to fly: all of that and \ | 41 | | eat, perchance to fly: all of that and |
42 | more. We can settle all of this later. | 42 | | more. We can settle all of this later. |
43 | 43 | ||
44 | Yes, it is you I'm thinking of in your later \ | 44 | | Yes, it is you I'm thinking of in your later |
45 | time: you specifically, not another. This \ | 45 | | time: you specifically, not another. This |
46 | is 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 |
48 | to 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 | ||
51 | what you are right now, anyway, [dear Reader][], is \ | 51 | | what you are right now, anyway, [dear Reader][], is |
52 | it not? I'm talking about my now, of course, not later, \ | 52 | | it not? I'm talking about my now, of course, not later, |
53 | which is your now. Later will be my now too, \ | 53 | | which is your now. Later will be my now too, |
54 | and maybe I'm ultimately writing to a future part of this \ | 54 | | and maybe I'm ultimately writing to a future part of this |
55 | self: you could very well be me. \ | 55 | | self: you could very well be me. |
56 | In fact, you probably are me, [some other version][], and | 56 | | In fact, you probably are me, [some other version][], and |
57 | 57 | ||
58 | I 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 |
59 | at the same time, this isn't true. Everything is, \ | 59 | | at the same time, this isn't true. Everything is, |
60 | and nothing isn't. The difference between "you" and "me" \ | 60 | | and nothing isn't. The difference between "you" and "me" |
61 | is 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 |
63 | is something we'll look fondly back to, | 63 | | is something we'll look fondly back to, |
64 | 64 | ||
65 | because I do hope to meet you, although much later, \ | 65 | | because I do hope to meet you, although much later, |
66 | and I hope your feeling is the same. All this \ | 66 | | and I hope your feeling is the same. All this |
67 | talk 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 |