THE handsome and self-absorbed young man
looked at the lovely and
self-absorbed girl.
The lovely and self-absorbed girl
looked back at the handsome and
self-absorbed young man
and thrilled.
And in that thrill he felt:
Her self-absorption is even as
strong as mine.
I
must see if I can’t break through it
and absorb her in me.
And in that thrill she felt:
His self-absorption is even
stronger than mine!
What fun, stronger than mine!
I must see if I can’t absorb this Samson of
self-absorption.
So they simply adored one another
and in the end they were both
nervous wrecks, because
in self-absorption and self-interest they were
equally matched.