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The Two Truths

š“Œitter
32 min readSep 2, 2021

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I woke up today.

The story of it is both bizarre and interesting. Perhaps it holds for you one of two truths. Iā€™ll not say which ones.

Perhaps I believe that there are two truths and only two truths. If that were the case Iā€™d probably capitalize both of them ā€” in the interest of doing what Iā€™m not certain.

I woke up and I recall doing it in the way of I know I saw a red digital clock today and I know it read 3:33. I took this to mean it was daytime, versus night, as there was quite a bit of light coming through the window above the dishpan, in my house a window which faces West.

I immediately decided to go to The Polka Dot diner.

This, then, was unusual. It is not like me to:

  1. Wake up at 3:33pm (the afternoon?! Waitā€¦what happened the previous night?)
  2. Decide to run off to a diner two miles away and eat something other than the standard fare at the bullhorn residence.

Ahā€¦I rememberā€¦

[fast forward, fast forward, codes, bike, chain, grease. Prince William Sound.]

Lonely seat by the window. {hmmmā€¦somethingā€™s wrong hereā€¦no, wait there are the butterflies. Lots of colors, but definitely at least 3 or 4 blue ones. Morphos. Great story! Two more are on my hat while Iā€™m sitting in the Polka Dot diner.

One truth: It may be the case that the curious life of Brian Kent is not just ā€˜curious in an insane sort of wayā€™ but curious in an ā€˜almostā€¦

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Placed in this position to maximally reflect all the wonderfully intricate facets of the women around me; we're to build a chandelier, ladies.

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