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"The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese." — Gilbert K. Chesterton Weren't meant to be, you said. Lame excuse. Like chocolate and cheese, you said. But we get to choose. We are people, sure, and we cannot change who we are. But we can change how we are. Opposites attract and likes repel but there is covalence, too, like things that share. So you are the chocolate, for you are sweeter than I, and I will be the cheese- of the cream variety, rich like you, and spreadable, flexible, and that way we can make it work. There is no need for this awful silence between you and me. Silence is beautiful but it is neither here nor there. We do what we like. We'll break it. Just like we'll break the rule of chocolate and cheese.
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Apr 17, 2013
Apr 17, 2013 at 4:53 PM UTC
On Breaking Mysterious Silence
"The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese." — Gilbert K. Chesterton Weren't meant to be, you said. Lame excuse. Like chocolate and cheese, you said. But we get to choose. We are people, sure, and we cannot change who we are. But we can change how we are. Opposites attract and likes repel but there is covalence, too, like things that share. So you are the chocolate, for you are sweeter than I, and I will be the cheese- of the cream variety, rich like you, and spreadable, flexible, and that way we can make it work. There is no need for this awful silence between you and me. Silence is beautiful but it is neither here nor there. We do what we like. We'll break it. Just like we'll break the rule of chocolate and cheese.
and it will be easy. [dare I give up the opportunity for a "piece of cake" joke. a piece of chocolate cheesecake.]
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Apr 17, 2013
Apr 17, 2013 at 4:53 PM UTC
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