all the things you do
buzzing in your head
dizzy from the motion
of mindless momentum
and thoughtless action
with no intelligence to fuel them
they tap directly into muscle
to energize this crazed existence
all these doomed quests
to discover happiness
and other lost treasure
these forgotten legends spring up
from a bottomless well
that feeds the fountain of youthful folly
fantasy is a poor life plan
but living’s no good without it
No, no──there are depths, depths!” The Turn of the Screw, Henry James 1898
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