"So what are we to do? It is time to take back the narrative. Time to tell our stories." In "A president now unable to explain a narrative," by By Melissa Harris-Perry, CBS News, 14 April 2011
Look over there! No, don't look here! If you do, oh my, I fear you won't see what I'm pointing at but rather see just where I'm at. Where I'm at might contravene my staging of a well-staged scene. So look over there, but don't look here! Or else you'll see my cynical sneer. Everything's as I say it is, for I shall be your storytelling whiz who cries look there! No, not here! Looking here might interfere with looking there, as I demand. Do it now, else a reprimand will punish you for looking not at exactly what I set as plot. All comes undone if you would shun how plain are all my tales so spun. The tales I tell are the scenes I sell. The scenes I sell conjure up a spell. Mirrors, smoke, each little joke, meant to feed you, and to provoke. Question: are my scenes untrue? Questioning's a vicious thing to do. So, look at that! No more chat! You must see what I'm pointing at! Reality can be rude, harsh, unfair; before plain truth tales haven't a prayer.
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