I gaze at the brilliant full moon. The same one, I think to
myself, at which Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato gazed.
Suddenly, I imagine they appear beside me.
I tell Socrates about the national debate over one's right
to die and wonder at the constancy of the human condition.
I tell Plato that I live in the country that has come closest
to Utopia and I show him a copy of the Constitution. I tell
Aristotle that we have found many more than four basic elements
and I show him a periodic table. Then I get a box of kitchen
matches and strike one. They gasp with wonder. We spend the
rest of the night lighting farts.
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myself, at which Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato gazed.
Suddenly, I imagine they appear beside me.
I tell Socrates about the national debate over one's right
to die and wonder at the constancy of the human condition.
I tell Plato that I live in the country that has come closest
to Utopia and I show him a copy of the Constitution. I tell
Aristotle that we have found many more than four basic elements
and I show him a periodic table. Then I get a box of kitchen
matches and strike one. They gasp with wonder. We spend the
rest of the night lighting farts.
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