Incest, Adultery, and How It Relates to Me (part 2 of 9)
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We only really value a relationship when it survives our best attempts to destroy it. As every sado-masochist knows, nothing is more seductive than resilience. It is the only aphrodisiac that continues to work the more you take it. So the only way we can test our infidelity is through monogamy. A lot of confusion is created by our belief that it is the other way around.. ___Adam Phillips from Monogamy
The Slip between the Cup and Lip
The demands on my own heart are plentiful. To constructively pursue them as literary artifacts is somewhat daunting and, at times, impossible. To have these objects accepted as relative and suitable for inclusion in a literary oeuvre is perhaps pretentious on my part as nothing dealing with anything about me has ever had meaning to anyone but myself. I am alone in my endeavors and I intend to keep it that way. My writing remains for the most part private, even though my audacity suggests otherwise. The objects of my affection promise endless satisfaction in my relentless preponderance of their every condition. I believe I am well aware of the consequences.
Part 3 of “Incest, Adultery, and How It Relates to Me” can be found and read here.
Parts 1 through 9 of “Incest, Adultery, and How It Relates to Me” can be found and read in chronological order here.
I really enjoyed this paragraph. Lotta umph to it.