Obituaries


Take four of them at random
any four, it doesn't matter,


                        can they be random?
                        Well, any four will do.


These four, for example,
these would do as well


or, these. Yes, let's take these.
Can they be random? Are the
cities random?


                        No, I suppose not.
                        but they are typical.
                        I would say they are
                        typical. Not random.


They must be from here.
I don't think they deliver,


                        so I would say they are typical.
                        Yes, that must be it.


Are you sure? Can you say that?
Not really. If they are delivered
then they would be random.


                        But, they are no longer anonymous.
                        That is certain. They are four


randomly chosen,
but not anonymous.


                        Might they have been anonymous?
                        That is, at one time might they 
                        have been?

No, I don't think so.
Of course it could have been
they were just found somewhere,


                that is possible. When they were there
                I suppose they could have been


anonymous. But not now,
I can assure you. Well,


                you can see, they are random
                and known. Now they are known.


Before, I couldn't say.
I just wouldn't have
anyway of knowing.


                but, you know them now?
                Yes, in  a way. I have seen

        
        them here. Unfolded as it were
        here and random. It might have been
        any day. Yes, it needn't have been


these four. Another four
would have served.
So, I would say these are random.


You see, we can choose another
four. Or, even three. Just like
that. It randomizes with every turn.


                        and these four, that is, three?
                        Well, I've never seen them before
                        not close like this, I haven't.


Not so that, if I visited them,
I would know it was a random
visit. Not close like that.

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