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Blink in the headlights
The slight naked man with the HARE mask lay with closed eyes in the dirt, tired, drained, disappointed. It was not the first time, it was not a bad time, it was just a little blow, a little knock to the self esteem, a little reshaping, a little refining.
But they add up, it is the sum of the experiences that add up to this rabbit in the headlights moment.
The slight naked man with the HARE is the rabbit in the headlights, always the rabbit in the headlights. When faced with a choice, when confronted with a tricky situation, the slight naked man with the HARE mask does not think of the witty rejoinder, never knows the cutting confrontation.
The slight naked man with the HARE mask does not even think of the clever thing to say later.
The slight naked man with the HARE mask just lies in the dirt and pretends nothing has happened. Tomorrow will be still yet another day. Tomorrow will be filled with pretend happiness until it feels a little like real happiness. Or the closest to happiness the slight naked man with the HARE mask has felt.
THE HARE AND THE LION WILL COMMENCE IN HALF AN HOUR.
Fuck it. Fuck the lot of them.
From the lion and the hare
Oh fuck, here comes LION with a swagger and...
