Those are date palms. One date palm requires forty liters of water a day. A man requires but eight liters. A palm, then, equals five men. There are twenty palms out there—one hundred men. Get off the high road Summer. We all got pink eye because you wouldn't stop texting on the toilet. I've just had an unhappy love affair, so I don't see why anybody else should have a good time. J'ai une ame solitaire. It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real? You can’t just skip ahead to where you think your life should be. Some may call this junk, me, I call them treasures. Mind if I do a J?

So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.

Holy Gambles