Telling children stories that end
“and they lived happily ever after”
“and they lived happily ever after”
does not prepare them, I think,
to live on the brink of ne'er ending disaster.
to live on the brink of ne'er ending disaster.
Better to say, “Sometimes they laughed,
sometimes they cried,
and after a while all of them died.
There is, by the way, no ‘ever after’.
That sound you can't hear. . .
canned sitcom laughter.
sometimes they cried,
and after a while all of them died.
There is, by the way, no ‘ever after’.
That sound you can't hear. . .
canned sitcom laughter.
“Life has some good points,
though it will disappoint you,
though it will disappoint you,
leaving you empty. . .so
forgo expectations or set them low.
“And leave lots of room
for more doom and gloom,
both of which are
(always) safe to assume.”
“And leave lots of room
for more doom and gloom,
both of which are
(always) safe to assume.”
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