LOGIC
— Do it for the picture puzzle. Put it all together.
Solve the world. One conversation at a time.
ENCYCLOPEDIA — AFTER LIFE – DEATH; AFTER DEATH – LIFE AGAIN. AFTER THE WORLD – THE PALE; AFTER THE PALE – THE WORLD AGAIN.
RHETORIC — Not at all. Complaining about other communists is one of the most important parts of being a communist.
DRAMA — Thy pen of lies runneth dry. Best to simplie deny the Truth baldfacedly.
CONCEPTUALIZATION — Two birds on a wire, whistling by the seaside. Looking at the water. And a sunken car.
VISUAL CALCULUS — The man does not know the bullet has entered his brain. He never will. Death comes faster than the realization.
VOLITION — No. This is somewhere to be. This is all you have, but it’s still something. Streets and sodium lights. The sky, the world. You’re still alive.
INLAND EMPIRE — The Sun does little for the dead, and those hopelessly lost in their own minds.
EMPATHY — Isn’t that what you’ve always wanted, to be listened to?
AUTHORITY — I was wrong. You don't have power over her anymore. You shouldn't have said that. I am wrong about everything. You should go on without me.
ESPRIT DE CORPS — The officers go, leaving behind the writing – still smouldering. ONE DAY, it says, I WILL RETURN TO YOUR SIDE.
SUGGESTION — Brother, you should put me in front of a firing squad. I have no words for how I failed you.
ENDURANCE — Now shout from the top of your lungs: YOU ARE THE NOBLE SUFFERER.
PAIN THRESHOLD — Yes. Bullets will fly, they always do. And the coil is fleshy and mush and permeable. Cast it in ceramic shell. Resist death.
PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT — Why dwell on dead tissue? *Your* body survived the battle. *Your* muscles proved the mightier. Celebrate the living instead.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY — Did someone mention cocaine? Are we doing cocaine? No? I’m sure I heard someone say Cocainimism…
SHIVERS — I NEED YOU. YOU CAN KEEP ME ON THIS EARTH. BE VIGILANT. I LOVE YOU.
HALF LIGHT — You are the first crack in the sheer face of god. From you it will spread.
HAND/EYE COORDINATION — The coin lands into your hand as if it has always belonged there. The swallow returns.
PERCEPTION — There is a radio in the distance. A radio of the world. Playing sounds: Good morning, Elysium. Soon you will return to the world.
REACTION SPEED — Your heart burns. Through the blackness you feel the treacle of blood on the mattress below you…
SAVOIR FAIRE — Artistos are known to *repel* wealth. It bounces off their skin like rubber. The moment a reasonable business proposal enters their periphery, they go and get 'political'.
INTERFACING — Yes. Filament memories. From the time when wires were cast in glass; slides with an inlaid nervous system.
COMPOSURE — Could he be… a member of the *homo-sexual underground*?