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More about umbrellas. An architect inspects his work. Via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czes%C5%82aw_Mi%C5%82osz Czesław Miłosz], the tale of a German prisoner of war who is comforted, but then killed for his coat.<ref>"Miłosz saw Russian soldiers first extolling the brotherhood of men, then indifferently killing a German prisoner for his coat." Maria Rybakova, [https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/against-the-devil-the-tormented-life-of-czeslaw-milosz "Against the Devil: The Tormented Life of Czesław Miłosz"], ''LA Review Of Books'', September 9, 2017.</ref> Kierkegaard - despair that does not know it is despair compared with living in Glendale. The invisible man and what people see when they look at you. The lives of animals. Hole worshipers. Uncertainty and human knowledge. Naming things so as not to fear them. Being lost on an elevator, getting off at 39th street in the wrong city. Joe addresses cheering crowds. Discordant monologue against cello music: Joe's father is a famous physician who sues his patients. Joe hunts his father's killer. A church in honor of evolution. Honking at an apartment building. Meeting a ghost in a cemetery while dressed as a nun wearing an alarm clock. A rich man thought dead awakens, loses his memory and joins a religious sect. Joe is a king whose power is linked to the phases of the moon. A roman army attacks the sea. A factory owner who only discusses aesthetics. Scenes from the bible portrayed by actors dressed as concentration camp victims. Our reason for existence is to nurse parasites. "What the world needs now," sung in a exaggerated Indian accent. A human being is a pile of secrets. A jealous husband discovers that his wife has given birth. A child's sense of time. A Dutchman who sees people's skeletons. All the things my right hand does for me. The earth was created all at once. Traveling and finding that all towns are the same. Scenes from a car. Discovering the ruins of Los Angeles. Discovering the meaning of existence and forgetting it. Yelling at drivers with road noise in the background. Joe's father was killed at the screw works. | More about umbrellas. An architect inspects his work. Via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czes%C5%82aw_Mi%C5%82osz Czesław Miłosz], the tale of a German prisoner of war who is comforted, but then killed for his coat.<ref>"Miłosz saw Russian soldiers first extolling the brotherhood of men, then indifferently killing a German prisoner for his coat." Maria Rybakova, [https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/against-the-devil-the-tormented-life-of-czeslaw-milosz "Against the Devil: The Tormented Life of Czesław Miłosz"], ''LA Review Of Books'', September 9, 2017.</ref> Kierkegaard - despair that does not know it is despair compared with living in Glendale. The invisible man and what people see when they look at you. The lives of animals. Hole worshipers. Uncertainty and human knowledge. Naming things so as not to fear them. Being lost on an elevator, getting off at 39th street in the wrong city. Joe addresses cheering crowds. Discordant monologue against cello music: Joe's father is a famous physician who sues his patients. Joe hunts his father's killer. A church in honor of evolution. Honking at an apartment building. Meeting a ghost in a cemetery while dressed as a nun wearing an alarm clock. A rich man thought dead awakens, loses his memory and joins a religious sect. Joe is a king whose power is linked to the phases of the moon. A roman army attacks the sea. A factory owner who only discusses aesthetics. Scenes from the bible portrayed by actors dressed as concentration camp victims. Our reason for existence is to nurse parasites. "What the world needs now," sung in a exaggerated Indian accent. A human being is a pile of secrets. A jealous husband discovers that his wife has given birth. A child's sense of time. A Dutchman who sees people's skeletons. All the things my right hand does for me. The earth was created all at once. Traveling and finding that all towns are the same. Scenes from a car. Discovering the ruins of Los Angeles. Discovering the meaning of existence and forgetting it. Yelling at drivers with road noise in the background. Joe's father was killed at the screw works. | ||
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