joe smith walked down the street.
he did his best thinking walking down the street.
because usually there was nobody else around.
when he first started going on his walks, he had been told that he might be approached by security forces patrolling the streets either in foot or in vehicles, but this had not proved to be the case.
what did he think about when he was walking down the street?
he was thinking about how much he would rather be anybody else than himself.
he had to walk down the street to do that?
he felt that he did.
why could he not sit in his assigned apartment and wish he was somebody else?
because the walls of the apartment remind hm of who he is and where he is.
where he is, maybe, but why who he is?
they just do.
that is a good answer. but let it go. does he want to be anybody else in particular?
anybody but himself.
he must have some particular ideas in his mind of what he would rather be,
indeed he might.
and what might they be?
a) omar khayyam , a poet from the mists of time
b) alpha ceawfish, an assistant systems analyst from the 240th century
c) 386-559-385-k, a student at a boys school in the 136th century
d) blackbeard the pirate
e) billy the kid
f) garghis the gladiator
is that enough?
more than enough. what are the chances of mister joe smith’s actually becoming any of these?
low.
very well. go on.
joe continued walking down the street and his phone rang.
he has a phone in his pocket, just like he would in the 21st century?
i do not see why not.
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