belief & desire are, as i've learned and learned and learned, where i begin and where i end. maybe they're all i've got and maybe when i'm dead i'll reincarnate into a spinning wheel, or more precisely, the idea of a spinning wheel—turning and wanting and ultimately lacking. [horrific thoughts begging for release.] [hell in rotation, one that never loses its train of thought.] [the privilege of a perfect metaphor in defense of nothing.]