If A = B and B = C then A = C, according to Gertrude Stein;
Stein labored as a modernist mathematician, singlehandedly endowing
the Transitive Property of Woody Perennials by famously contending, “Rose is a
rose is a rose”;
This relationship is not lost upon forward political
observers, who apply it to G.O.P. = G.O.P. = G.O.P.;
The formula continues to apply despite the frequent attempts by said
Grand Old Party to gerrymander our fair sward of concrete strip mall, i.e.,
deli, bagel, and karate America;
O, it gerrymanders, he gerrymanders, they gerrymander, y’all
gerrymander, she it;
Similarly, if we let A = George H.W. and B = W and C = Jeb,
then we get A = W = Jeb, ergo, Bush is a Bush is a Bush;
“Duh = Duh = Duh”, [overheard], therefore Duh = Duh;
“You can all me Al” [overheard] + “Al dente” [overheard] + “Dante’s
Inferno” [overheard] = “You can call me Al Dante’s Inferno” (Duh);
Meanwhile, an indifferent, villainous, remotely-sympathetic
character in a novel by Albert Camus practices some calisthenics while awaiting
his execution in a North African prison;
He completes a Someursault, he completes several
Someursaults, but this is not the point, no;
The Stranger calls
to mind several inconsistencies faced by Meursault in the legal system;
Namely, one ought to receive a trial by a jury of one’s
pears, not to mention other shrub species and pomaceous fruits;
If you’ve really screwed up, like the protagonist in the
Camus novel, then you ought to face a Trial by Journey, but however it goes:
Don’t stop believin’ / Hold on to that feelin’ / Streetlight people. . . .
Don’t stop believin’ / Hold on to that feelin’ / Streetlight people. . . .