"Perpetua sat on the couch in her new apartment smoking dope with a handsome bassoon player. A few cats walked around. “Our art contributes nothing to the the revolution,” the bassoon player said. “We cosmetize reality.” “We are trustees of Form,” Perpetua said. “It is hard to make the revolution with a bassoon,” the bassoon player said. “Sabotage?” Perpetua suggested. “Sabotage would get me fired,” her companion replied. “The sabotage would be confused with ineptness any way.” I am tired of talking about the revolution, Perpetua thought. “Go away,” she said. The bassoon player put on his black raincoat and left. It is wonderful to be able to tell them to go away, she reflected. Then she said aloud, “Go away. Go away. Go away.”"
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