we can only engage in such a way

I catch him on his way to the bar, telling him about this old racist failed actor that I'm avoiding. That I'm failing to confront. I get the sense he's avoiding people too. We get our drinks and find a corner. We chat for a bit. He's managing just fine.

okay im going very rogue and very inarticulate

and the fake qualifier

bro i read nothing in my life

yeah

the only things i have read are just excerpts and 1 dialogue by plato fully and mcluhan's medium is the massage but it cannot be considered a book

i haven't read 100 book s so i'm probably not getting the depth of all of what you're saying