epistemological doubt gave way to tailwinds of laughter, the strangeness of things to the consolations of philosophy, the bottom lines to butterflies chasing little dragons.

After a while he reaches the sea, parts the waters thru the blowing of his nostrils

‘Today, I finally met God’, he says as he enters the Oracle’s alleged chamber

The country was therefore sealed off, all foreigners were expelled, and the cities were emptied.

None of the townspeople raise their voice for, naturally, they make up the bulk of the payroll.