“The closer you get to the meaning, the sooner you’ll know that you’re dreaming…”

He tells me I’m lucky I’ve chosen the friends that I have.

I laugh.

As much as I appreciate his words and the message he brings:

I let him know that “luck” has nothing to do with it.

80-Proof  Oinomancy was not just some chosen–on–a–lark title.

 

 

He chuckles.

But doesn’t quite believe me.

That’s OK.

I’m used to it.

 

So, read my works.

Or don’t.

 

 

See, my purpose isn’t to make you believe:

It’s simply to inform you.

And, for all the chains that bind me:

Your actions forge no links in them.

 

 

 

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