Fables of the Deconstruction
Blockbuster
This line is so long, I can’t even see the box office. Do all of the movies start at the same time or something? And it isn’t moving, either.
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We’re having much more fun
Good evening. Wow, I’m really excited to see so many people here tonight. Our little series has never had such a good turnout.
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Turn on the news
“New York Times said it was the coldest winter in 17 years. I didn’t feel so cold then.”
—Bob Dylan, “Talkin’ New York”
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Would you like to have something to eat?
I feel sorry for you. I really do. My life is just so perfect! I don’t know how anyone else wakes up in the morning not being me.
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I have always been here before
Previously on “Fables of the Deconstruction”: My boss suggested I take a vacation.
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Sunny afternoon
I ran into an old friend sitting on a bench in the park up the street from my house.
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Commit a crime
My friend reported that someone slashed one of her tires, and she was pissed. Was it a random act of violence or was somebody making a focused expression of ill will? Had she done somebody wrong?
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I am the walrus
When I got to work this morning, I was the only one here.
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Don’t dream it’s over
You may remember I used to love that television show “Lost.” I was amused and delighted by the ways the writers convoluted the story in supposedly meaningful ways, reconfiguring archety
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Dream on
My dreams, when I remember them, are usually pretty bizarre. I’m fighting giant hermit crabs or scorpions.
