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How I Got Started in the Horoscope Writing Business
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Chapter 17
Live from the United Snakes of Rosicrucian Coca-Cola
You're tuned to the Televisionary Oracle
Featuring continuous updates from the Threshold between Us and Them
Where everyone who believes in the devil is the devil
Where the archetypes are mutating
Where compassion is an aphrodisiac
Where everything you know is wrong
Where there are always cherries ripening
The scene: a mother and eight-year-old daughter at a restaurant. Peering earnestly at the waitress, the girl says, "I want a hot dog, french fries, and Coke." The mother doesn't acknowledge this declaration. "My daughter will have the bean salad, plain yogurt, and grapefruit juice," she asserts. Turning to the girl, the waitress asks, "Do you want ketchup with it?" The girl beams at the waitress and muses to herself, "She thinks I'm real." The moral of the story: Make sure that you hang out as much as possible with people like the waitress.
Are you one of the millions of Americans
As a get-acquainted gift, Read Chapter 18
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