The Iceman

Remember Mr. Creosote's projectile vomiting? The courtly if somewhat obese waiter who's falling apart at the seams is a “pregnant” example of reality and appearance. Most prominently the once and a future president said he knew nothing about Project 2025. Women should not worry. He would take care of them whether it was a matter of abortion or anything else. He’d take care of them alright. On a less visible level most people employ the kind of life lies that infect O’Neill’s characters in Iceman, waiting in the bar for Hickey. Very few let it all hang out. Even those who do, tend to be kidding themselves. Exhibitionism is not tantamount to honesty. It may in fact veil it. The average person puts on a show for the world even when their life is falling apart. Narcissus drowning in his own image is tangentially related. Turns out the pond into which he dove was a wormhole leading to alternate universes—presenting an infinite magazine file of selves in which to hide.

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