it was dawning on me how uphill a poet's path was, and I confessed to her that if I had to be the choice between being happy or being a poet, I'd choose to be happy.
But if the Busyness = Status equation works, it__ strictly because a social game has emerged wherein relatively privileged, educated people with all kinds of Choice disguise their decisions to be busy as manifestations of the universe__ insatiable demand for their particular prowess. And the rest of us agree to be impressed. It__ a stupid game. We can stop any time.
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But if the Busyness = Status equation works, it__ strictly because a social game has emerged wherein relatively privileged, educated people with all kinds of Choice disguise their decisions to be busy as manifestations of the universe__ insatiable demand for their particular prowess. And the rest of us agree to be impressed. It__ a stupid game. We can stop any time.
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