VV(5) Intro
jill
grladams at teleport.com
Sat Nov 25 14:07:47 CST 2000
In VV(5) we are introduced with a curtain departing to the east and will
soon eclipse the scene that occurs in the desert, as if it were the death
plague of the encroaching Westwardmen. As the scene creeps forward, the
twosome and their Prey is never quite revealed exactly, because of our
nearsightedness, we will only stab in the air at finding out what has
actually happened. The one will try to seal some kind of bond with Victoria
by sleeping with her, the other one is the pimp in the process. the
pimp/clown begins to realize that the girl, the master of the mata hari
act, might be somewhat of a double agent--since all three simply put, are
"anarchists" so can one anarchist trust another anarchist??? Who's to say.
Anyway, If she does seal this bond with him and go to the Opera with him,
will she gain some knowlege that will hurt her or hurt England or help
England? I realize it is all a lot more complicated than this but hey, it's
an intro.
Goodfellow has that affuent look--but underneath? Goodfellow and Lepsius
seem to share the theorem that in Egypt, one can be uncivilized and
perpetrate fighting for gain. Lepsius and Goodfellow arrange for a meeting.
At the last minute, there will be a failure for one side, or the other.
Someone sees the light. So many lights one is blinded, dazzled, the sun
being the paradigm of sensual power beginning this scene, so too the light
will end this scene, mystifying all. So the aggravation of the war
that-doesn't-really-break-out, the war that instead becomes a cold cell for
future wars, is it a futile quest because there is no immediate fighting,
or is it a winner for perpetrating a cold war? Ha ha. More later, after
Lunch. I'll do an analysis with the numbers later.
Okay.
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