I "found" the text at the Town Dump. I shit you not. It was in the Town Dump's Free Library, an UN-electrified, (NO LIGHTS) concrete-block-what-looked-to-be-an-old- Milk House-type structure. I almost feinted from whipped cream delight. Here now my beloved Perceval, Tristan & Isolt, Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, and of course who cold forget Aucassin & Nicolete ? Well ME, me forget. I had to ask myself WHY the Universe saw fit to "Send" me those Romances. And WHY the Dump ??? ! ?
Listen Kidz, in AA there is a chilling caution, "Be careful what you wish for". It means that once you wish for something, it is ALREADY "on its way". When I just TOUCHED the anthology I was FLOODED with Romance Whimsy and nauseous vicissitudes. I had survived Jambec and his Damsels by sheer love of learning. I suffered and suffered greatly. Where I had hoped for a B only a strong C came my wayward way. But THAT ain't the point.
The Point was the book, I had asked and had Received. It scared me then, terrifies me now.
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