majorsilence

1. Amicete was once told by the wisest man in the village, his esteemed Uncle John, that the way to happiness was through "authenticity". Being "true to your heart", he said, and to "don't you never fuckin' fake nothin'".

2. When he heard this, he laughed at his uncle and his advice, his contempt of the unreal and the fantastic. Amicete left the house and pulled away his clothing beneath the warm brightness of the sky, he smiled generously at passerby and asked them what worried them today, he sang with the wind, drank wine with his mother and baked cookies with his father, then spending the night in bed with his older sister.

3. He returned to his uncle's house the next day, clothed and bruised. His Uncle John asked him what had happened and thus follow the words of Amicete as he scratched his pelvic area:

4. "I am happy to be nobody."

5. Amen.