It ended as quickly as it had begun ... but the saga continues.
The night before, Jack's world had been populated by and occupied with Disaster so he was not surprised that in the morning he remained jack-ass.
Before coffee he was still trying to convince himself that Disaster was a good thing -- that Disaster signaled real progress... That any reversal was the beginning of momentum... But, as he rummaged through the rubble of the night before, Disaster began to lose its appeal for Jack. There had been a change in the weather -- from hot and humid to cold and clammy. All that was left were gray and jaundiced mementos, shards of glass and scraps of paper ... puce and pea-green puddles. Junk really...
By mid-morning Jack stopped thinking, started thinking about something other than thinking. Which is to say -- Jack woke up from the Arsonist's hex. jack-ass faded and something else of Jack, in Jack emerged. In an instant, Jack, no longer Jack or jack-ass decided to allow this becoming of what he was not. He thought without thinking that he had it in him to make this change -- to crack the code of the otherly, to learn the language of the orderly, to sort sagacity from the sordid. He just might.
Jack started to plot a course.
"collect weapons ... foster logic ... clean your plate ... listen carefully ... suppress desire ... clear your mind ... ignore curiosity ... travel ... don't overthink, methinks ... let go ... oil the squeaky wheel ... keep busy ... romanticize nothing ... avoid labor ... retreat ... follow birds ... feel less ... get out ... fidget ... stop dreaming ... confront everything ... remain hidden ... capture the moment ... muster the strength ... suppress desire ... clear your mind ... ignore curiosity ... covet ... follow passion ... relax ... overthink, methinks ... demonize the enemy ... prevent collapse ... advance ... tribulate ... play ball ... feel more ... enter into treaties ... be brave ... take notes ... lolly gag ... avoid conflict ... swagger ... equip yourself for Disaster ... prevent the idiotic ... be resourceful ... tread lightly ... just think, methinks ... dismiss everything ... repair the broken ... remain idle ... amplify ... cross swords ... balance ... stay put ... carry a big stick ... feel, more or less ... do not despair ... foster audacity ... brown-nose ... reject everything ... be the bigger person ... throw it all away ..."
By late afternoon Jack had lost interest in the rigors of Saint Augury, returned to jack-ass and took a nap.
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