Sinister: concentric circles

[Burt Reynolds]

I was re-reading The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon last night when 
I came upon the following paragraph.  It reminded me of this list and 
all the friendships we've all made through it whether real or dreamt.

"In Golden Gate Park she came on a circle of children in their 
nightclothes, who told her they were dreaming the gathering.  But that 
the dream was really no different from being awake, because in the 
mornings when they got up they felt tired, as if they'd been up most of 
the night.  When their mothers thought they were out playing they were 
really curled up in cupboards of neighbors' houses, in platforms up in 
trees, in secretly-hollowed nests inside hedges, sleeping, making up for 
these hours.  The night was empty of all the terror for them, they had 
inside their circle an imaginary fire, and needed nothing but their own 
unpenetrated sense of community."

Yer pal,
Rachael




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