Shackled

“How is watching different from seeing or looking?”

“Well, the language is slimy, but I guess it has something to do with being alert …. Seeing and looking are comparatively passive activities.”

“So, it is somehow tied to getting a desired result in a time-bound manner?”

“Er…. Maybe.”

He flung the expensive wrist-watch at me, “I am a poet, and do nothing in a time-bound or result-bound manner. I choose my freedom over the fame and riches you offer.”

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17 thoughts on “Shackled

  1. He may be next in line for the anger management class, after he buys another watch. HaHa
    Interesting interplay of conversation in the SSS.

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  2. wooh! chill out, Mr.-too-Special… appreciate the exquisite sensibility, but it just showed itself for being nothing more than insecure narcissism.*

    * lol the true compliment (imo) around Sixville… to react as if the characters were real**
    ** unfortunately, many are, all too real in the world

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