you are encountering a sentence that cannot be understood without first conceding it damn near never existed I awoke with an ungainly impression that my dream hadn't lasted long enough nor resulted in my transformation into a tough customer whatever you did to merit banishment from the last remaining sanctuary on Terra proves you can't be all bad consistent superiority on the battle field does not guarantee perpetual prowess in other forms of interpersonal engagement, antagonistic or otherwise the marvelous creature I beheld was unlike any I'd ever summoned before if y'all persist in expecting anything remotely resembling sanity to supersede this mess, just keep on searching for some medusa-infested labyrinth to call home although quite similar in temperament including an affinity with felines, we had little else in common in order to fit in, I was forced to admit that my keenly remembered salad days counted for little in a realm far removed from mirth or glee bellowing phantasms regurgitate, scatter, scythe I was convinced I couldn't but then insisted I could but that it didn't matter one way or the other unless when industry is deprived of any tacit transcendence, dalliance becomes interchangeable with phosphorous or maybe hammocks laugh out loud at mere ballerinas conduct I used to regard as meaningful now seems as incidental as the fumbled tying of shoelaces during an impromptu visit to the Eiffel Tower next Thursday more and more I relish the logic of less and less children remain eligible for effervescence long after curfews get imposed if they only knew flinching has at long last become my default function now that laxities go unimpeded & fell machinations have obliterated tear ducts this very instant is as momentous as extinction or a soaring spinning farm house your indifference is as shapely as molten shrapnel art museums situate plaintive nudges & gallant residual whispers please resist the temptation to incinerate trees and freight I keep lurching towards an inverted cliff as if this inveterate freak show might some day relent instead of glorious salvation: spam, cilantro, Mobil stations, napkins, Oxycodone, apricot pie, bunker busters, microbreweries, high crimes & misdemeanors, must-win contests, thunder claps, lava lamps, Uzis, ski lifts,