It Explains So Much

July 4, 2025

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Nothings

The Lord was asked if He believed in reincarnation.

I do, He said. It explains so much.

What does it explain, Sir? someone asked.

On your last Fourth of July festivities, I was invited to observe an annual hot-dog-eating contest, the Lord said, and it was the stupidest thing I’ve ever witnessed.

Joy Williams, “Neglect”

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Thought:

“Yes, every poet is a fool:
By demonstration Ned can show it:
Happy, could Ned’s inverted rule
Prove every fool to be a poet.”

Matthew Prior | Epigram after the French of Scévole de Sainte-Marthe

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