None Of Us Is A Lover
The absolute is not attainable, attaining the absolute is to become a soul without a body, a robot powered by Gary. There it is. This was the line, that made me a non-believer in love.
I know you would say, I'm just missing the line today. How did the line inspire me to be a non-believer in love? But let me tell you, yeah? Look at Gary. I'm just wondering, what is that Gary signifying? Gary, you know, is cassava flakes, yeah? And one of the staple food, in fact, survival food we have in Nigeria.
And students, or when we are in school, we eat that a lot when money has abandoned us. So I feel like that image might seem absurd, but it isn't. It lands a very important point for me because when you're pursuing perfect love, it produces something very mechanical and underfed.
That is what I understood. You're running on the bare minimum. You're functional, because there is nothing like perfect love even, yeah? You're functional, but you're not flourishing.
So I did not expect to meet that Gary metaphor, but it was a genius, yeah? Another thing that also stood out for me in the piece is it's so safe to declare none of us is a lover. This is what I have been saying. Like, this love piece agrees with me.
None of us is a lover. We are just like people in various stages attempting love. I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know.
Sir, I have not been able to say what I want to say. Well, sir, I'm getting to my point, yeah? Just give me a minute, yeah? Okay, none of us is a lover. I agree with you.
