ATDDTA(10) It's A Moon-Chaste Sky [272:17-18]

Keith keithsz at mac.com
Sun Jun 10 00:27:58 CDT 2007


Because there's no reason to have one to make sense of the text. The  
absence of moon is actually emphasized by the fact that the silver is  
defined as moon-chaste. The passage actually goes the extra mile to  
make it quite clear that there is no moon. Zilch moon. Nada luna.  
You're drifting man. You're going too far. You're a tad looney. Why  
not just skip reading the book and make something up of your own? The  
face is not a face. Webb ain't dead. So why can't we just make sense  
without a text? Calm down. I'm just kidding. Of course there's a moon  
without a moon. You're spot on. Good catch. You the man.

On Jun 9, 2007, at 10:02 PM, mikebailey wrote:



On Sat, 2 Jun 2007, Keith wrote:

> Just spotted a deal-killer regarding the the "moonlight reading":
>
> [272:17-18] "Woke once one midnight with no sources of light in the  
> sky"
>

yeah, but the face is not a face; Webb is in some sense not really dead;
what Lake and Deuce are doing isn't really marriage or love; so why  
can't
there be moonlight without a moon?




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