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December 19, 2008
A hole lot better
As regular readers of this jolly interesting blog will know, I have recently been attempting some 'space travel' of the cheaper kind - that is, seeking the space behind my words, deeds and attitudes. Why? Because like a bent picture hook or a road map of Prague, you never know when it might be useful.
And one thing I've discovered - no fanfares or loud applause please - is that I was born space, but quickly forgot. I was born a bubble - all sparkling space really - with a thin outer coating.
And then boiled by life, I thickened up, toughened up, hardened up - with my thin outer veneer becoming a complex and clever wall of resistance.
I was still space obviously - space enough to contain the whole universe - but was just cut off from it, bricked out. To return there - and please don't try this at home, children - instead of toughening up, i've had to loosen up; allow for some rock fall from my wall; encourage crumbling construction and gaping rough-edged holes.
All a bit scary, obviously, but then peeping through the gaps, wey, hey, hey - there it is!
Space! Sweet appreciative thankful brilliant space.
(I always had a hunch twas so, to be honest.)
P.S. Russell's desk tale remains a national disgrace, however. Let the restless deskless arise! We need our draws - where else will we put our wine gums?
Doris will be our icon of unrest...
Posted by Mr Bojangles at December 19, 2008 09:52 AM