“(Though I never did get a puppy.) All moveables of wonder, from all parts, Are here-- . ... The Bust that speaks and moves its goggling eyes, The Wax-work, Clock-work, all the marvellous craft Of modern Merlins, Wild Beasts, Puppet-shows, All out-o'-the-way, far-fetched, perverted things, All freaks of nature, all Promethean thoughts Of man, his dulness, madness, and their feats All jumbled up together, to compose A Parliament of Monsters. ... --William Wordsworth Humans are machines of the ang...els. --Jean Paul 2 3 NO MORE SECRETS Just make them love you. This is not real. "This is real," I said, because the voice in my head ordered me to say it. Because machines follow orders, and I am a machine. This is not me. "This is me," I said. Because I was programmed to lie. You see everything, but you get nothing. "What you see is what you get," I said, and I smiled. You see: Perfect lips drawn back in a perfect smile. Perfect skin pulled taut over a perfect body. You see: Hands that grasp, legs that stretch, eyes that understand.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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