*image by Ben Harubin

 

 

(First Story:)

There was once a group of creatures from out in the universe
who flew a space ship into a man's mind.

(Next story:)

There was once a group of thoughts in a man's mind
who flew a space ship out into the universe.

A fan writes:
"Sometimes you surprise me by not adding a moral to one of your stories. But then I stopped and thought, what difference does it make to me. Which in turn caused me to further wonder, does it actually make a difference to me, or does it simply seem to. Which, made me further question for what reason did men come up with the concept of "seems" anyway. I must say that thinking about the kinds of things you talk about can certainly lead to a lot of questions -- and not only questions the sorts of which I'd never had before, but questions whose value eludes me, even this instant.
But wait, does there per chance somewhere within these questions and confusion lurk our missing moral?
...Hmmm, I believe I'll close out now.
Sincerely, etc."

There was a man on a journey, a journey that at times seemed sluggish -- unmoving, even
so he adopted a method of only thinking three particular words (saying them to himself, actually).
And they were:
"weak, stupid, lazy,
weak, stupid, lazy,
weak, stupid, lazy."
This man's journey at times became extraordinary, and during those periods, the method I just described fell inactive.

(A bone fide traveler only shoots himself in the feet when they're not moving. )

And now the weather:
There was once a man who looked down at his unmoving feet and realized,
"Those are not MY feet."
...Sun -- coming up.

One man's latest question to himself:
"What can you say after you've said there's nothing to say,
and what can you think after you've seen there's nothing to think?
And more than that, why don't such questions stop me from asking them?"
(Hey! now he's getting somewhere, huh?)

The evidence necessary to prove anything amiss is the identification
of something not indigenous to this universe.
Lacking that, all beliefs in aberrations, the supernatural, and injustice
are spurious.