• TokenBoomer@lemmy.worldOPM
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    1 month ago

    Reminds me of the intro to Patrick Bateman:

    I live in the American Gardens building on West 81st Street, on the 11th floor.
    My name is Patrick Bateman.
    I’m 27 years old.

    I believe in taking care of myself, in a balanced diet, in a rigorous exercise routine.
    In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I’ll put on an icepack while doing my stomach crunches.
    I can do a thousand now.
    After I remove the icepack, I use a deep-pore cleanser lotion.
    In the shower, I use a water-activated gel cleanser.
    Then a honey-almond bodyscrub.
    And on the face, an exfoliating gel-scrub.
    Then I apply an herb mint facial masque,
    which I leave on for ten minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine.
    I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol,
    because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older.
    Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm, followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.
    There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman.
    Some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me.
    Only an entity-- something illusory.
    And though I can hide my cold gaze…
    and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours…
    and maybe you can even sense our life styles are probably comparable,
    I simply am not there.