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About Roundabout: The piece that got me kicked out of the Nihilist Club
A preconception.
A faith.
Context for your evolution.
Ideal, at top:
a ladder to climb.
Aimful progression.
Is there any other kind?
At center:
the omnipole
from which
tetherballs
understand
they're tetherballs
and curl tightly
to approach
Form-giver.
Value-driven into corners.
Happy
having a song
to finish singing;
ears ringing
with the sound of progress.
Moralists footrace
this circular track
that,
wide enough
in circumference,
the road
appears straight
at ground level.
Moot, though,
in the end,
such observations -
everyone
partakes in the race
all the same.
It's just
us nihilists
circle in planes.
