Robert (gurdonark) wrote,
Robert
gurdonark

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at 40,000, with faith

I considered genuflecting at the altar of pause and reflection,
those twin godlings of quality and serenity;
I considered the scripture of plot outlines, the incense of ideas, and
worshipping in the temple of Art instead of merely typing.

Then I sat at my computer, and began to type, and
I felt quantity, like a great Comforter come upon me, and
I looked at it, and it was bad, and that was good;
may I dwell in the House of the Long-winded for 10,000 more words.
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