>be me, bonky >i'm not with my horse-man pal, pickle horse-pal >he didn't want to attend my new club >my new club, "the Hip-hop Mafia" >which I made to replace my old club >whatever the last club I made was >i don't remember now >I don't even really like hip-hop >it's nice, i guess >but I want to be known as liking hip-hop >because who and what I am >really does persist in the perceptions of others >i'm not like pickle horse-man >who has a physical address for who and what he is >nope >bonky exists as an aggregate opinion >i can't say who was the first to opine me >probably another horse >nor do i know why >none of the holy books really talk about the metaphysical migration of AGOPs (aggregated opinion-based lifeforms) >so I can't say how I fit into God's Greater Plan >but somehow I'm certain, >or I've certainly convinced myself, >that I am the horse to usher in the Kingdom of Heaven >because as an AGOP I can recognize the divine in the space between us >I can see God shimmering in the buzz of mental activity as people judge one another in passing >that's why I start a lot of clubs >because only by reducing the proximity between all people >all different people >convinced of their differences >it's only by bringing them together that we might arrive at the KoH >right now the only person in my club is Slippery Pete >and I haven't really been listening to what he's been saying >I've just been agreeing >because I want to be known as agreeable >but I'm starting to realize >it hurts me to say this >Slippery Pete might be a pedophile >and I've been kind of unconsciously being agreeable >so I think Slippery Pete thinks I'm a pedophile too >Which >i really hope that doesn't become dominant aggregate opinion >because that would be >UN- >COOL. >like it goes way beyond the sort of pedophile panic hyjinx surrounding baby video game wizard >who, if you recall, hails from a race of babies >so his interest in other babies is a moral grey area >but slippery pete is, like, >well >he should know better >right now he's asserting his opinions on age of consent >the importance of virginity >and this is difficult for me >because I want to take off >I just want to leave >I don't want to hang out or be seen hanging out with a pedo >other people are going to think I'm a pedo >which, as an AGOP, would transfigure me into a pedo >I can't imagine anyone wanting to be a pedo >why would anyone want to be that? >is it truly a predilection? >or is it a form of dementia? >i want to leave >but i also want to usher in the kingdom of heaven >which requires harmony among all people >presumably even pedos >i find myself receding >mentally >and also physically >out the door of zelda's pizzeria where hip-hop mafia once held court >and slippery pete's mouth is agape >he sees that i am abandoning him >and a part of myself with him.