So that’s it. I came here because
they were here, or they came here
because… But no. There was

a time when I could have gone on
like that. Not now. Do you know
what fortuitous means? It means

there is a house. That’s right. Where I
come from, there are many houses. This is
just one of them, furnished in Early

Crustacean. Lots of adding machines, lots
of sand. Hookahs. Young men buying
feminine hygiene products for their girl

friends. Got the picture? Now the picture
is framed and hangs in the Museum
of Modern Disasters. The architecture

beats the hell out of any show they hang
there, and thank god for it. Still, it is
a museum. You can’t live there

forever.

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That’s easy for you to say.