Today is Wednesday, and today
nothing of interest is going to happen to you.
Plenty of interesting things will
happen in the world. People will live
full, vibrant lives, rich with activity and potential and opportunity. All throughout the world, things will change
today.
But nothing will change for
you. You're a red herring, and today
you're just a thing that we briefly focus on which, upon reflection, will have
no significance. The details of your
day, including your breakfast (fair trade coffee and a bagel from the bagel
shop near your work), lunch (Subway chicken teriyaki six inch), and dinner (Weight Watchers
chicken satay with rice) will all be completely insignificant. Even though we've mentioned them here, the
narrative significance imposed through their position herein will be wholly
undercut by their thorough disconnection to anything of value, even the
surrounding context of other peoples' lives, which might have some measure of
significance in the world.
You'll just keep on living, alone
and unknown, and one day you'll die, unloved and unmourned.
Congratulations Red Herring!
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