When you appear on the page we immediately understand what
we're meant to be feeling. Sometimes
that feeling will be altered by the surrounding material, but usually it'll
just be there, easily accessible for even the most dull witted of readers, a
point of humanity that can be accessed, returned to, turned over and assessed,
again and again, as an example of some fundamental human trait.
But not today. Today
you're on vacation! Enjoy the wonderful
beaches of Cabo San Luca! Let the sun
tan your insubstantial firmament. You'll
look all good and toasty brown when today is done, unless you realize you're
just a literary device and, as such, can't actually tan, or really do much of
anything, aside from exist in an abstracted context. Tomorrow, you'll be back on the page, doing
your thing, informing us of stuff about what it means to be human, cuing us in
on when we're supposed to be happy or sad based on what's ocurring. But today you've got the day off. Have fun, and try to ignore all the art
that's happening without you around - no one's really going to get into that
anyhow.
Congratulations Thematic Device!
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