Q. What’s happening now?
A. Nothing.
Q. Nothing?
A. Nothing.
Q. But isn’t that impossible?
A. What do you mean?
Q. Aren’t many things always happening, all around us?
A. You’ve got a point there. But there’s nothing happening inside me.
Q. No feelings?
A. None.
Q. Numb?
A. Numb.
Q. How long have you been this way?
A. I’m not sure.
Q. What made you this way?
A. A lifetime of overreacting to each and every vicissitude.
Q. Vicissitude?
A. Vicissitude.
Q. What does “vicissitude” mean?
Q. Is that your answer?
A. Yes.
Q. So you are no longer overreacting to every vicissitude?
A. Correct. I no longer react. I merely observe and absorb.
Q. How long do you think this will last?
A. Who knows?
Q. Are you happy to be numb?
A. Neither happy nor sad. I experience no reaction whatever to my numbness.
Q. Empty?
A. Empty.
Q. Done?
A. Finished.
The Questioner is silent.
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I just watched the presidential debate in its entirety. Wish I hadn’t. I need some numbness right now.
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I feel ya. I didn’t watch it. I voted yesterday by mail and will probably steer clear of everything till after November 3rd.
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Vicissitude is a word that needs to be used more often.
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I agree. It’s a very useful word.
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