Echoes From the Edge: TABOO

[Pendragon]

Echoes From the Edge: TABOO

Gotta talk about it! Gotta get it off my chest!
No. Silence! You must be silent!
But it hurts! My heart is all busted up inside!
Just take a deep breath. It will go away. Be silent.
It won’t go away! Curse you; can’t you understand?
Shh. We can work this out, you and I.
You? You couldn’t care less about me!
As long as I keep still about YOU, that’s what you want.
It’s YOU that you are worried about, not me.
Untrue. We are one you know.
But there is no reason to involve an outside party.
Trust me, the pain will vanish—in time.
It won’t! Dear God in Heaven, I tell you it won’t!
I’m going to explode if I may not lighten my load!
Calm yourself. Deep breaths. You'll burst a blood vessel.
Then, I’d be dead, huh? You’re sick; you know that?
Yeah, you’d love to see that happen, wouldn’t you?
What happens to one affects both. We are one.
Say…
Then I’d be rid of YOU, wouldn’t I?

Pendragon
© circa 1995

[PrinceMyshkin]

One of those dialogues in which the winner is actually the loser! Sort of a lose-lose situation...

[billl]

sounds like a great description of a 'relationship' that isn't worth having. real manson family stuff!

if some clinging nuisance rolls along, i say give them half of what they want (if you must--reverse psychology has its limits, and a person can do much better probably), and take as much time as you want. the big taboo is 'inefficiency.' (and remembering, too). the rest is a business model, or good engineering. the useless features, the parts that aren't really any good, drop away.

[Pendragon]

sounds like a great description of a 'relationship' that isn't worth having. real manson family stuff!

if some clinging nuisance rolls along, i say give them half of what they want (if you must--reverse psychology has its limits, and a person can do much better probably), and take as much time as you want. the big taboo is 'inefficiency.' (and remembering, too). the rest is a business model, or good engineering. the useless features, the parts that aren't really any good, drop away.


My Echoes From the Edge, I have a whole series, describe mental illness. This is multiple personality disorder...

[breathtest]

urgency is conveyed very well here

[symphony]

...And yes it hurts to know you cannot be rid of the echoes that come from yourself, unless you are rid of your own self.
As always, very very honest, Uncle Pen.