The novel has taken a turn. On its way to the center, it has stepped on a Fairy Godmother, who has not appreciated the gaffe. She has set up obstacles instead of clearing the way. Today must be spent appeasing this fierce manifestation of a usually benign grandmotherly type. We will be sharpening our spears and stoking the fires, readying for battle. Who is this 'we'? Is it really the Wii?
-So do you travel inward on the spiral like water swirling down the toilet?
ReplyDelete-Or is it a slinky?
"What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs, and makes a slinkity sound?
A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing! Everyone knows it's Slinky.
It's Slinky, it's Slinky. For fun it's a wonderful toy.
It's Slinky, it's Slinky. It's fun for a girl or a boy.
It's fun for a girl or boy!"
-Or is it Ouroboros, cyclic, eternal, feeding on its own waste, all doings and sufferings taking place in and by itself, circling, circling...
-And if one stares at the spiral long enough, will one become hypnotized to the center of stupor?