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Preamble

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  1. Guidebook to a Lost Empire Kelly O'Neill

Contents of this path:

  1. The "last, best" guidebook
  2. This is the book.
  3. It is a portal.
  4. It is a handbook.
  5. Frivolous? No.
  6. No superabundance of matter.
  7. It is an accumulation.
  8. Or is it?
  9. A heap of scraps.
  10. Torn apart.
  11. This changes everything.
  12. The declaration.
  13. Expression of doubt.
  14. The goldemyn.
  15. Enter the metaphor.
  16. And, enter Cleopatra.
  17. Goldmines.
  18. 2,372 pieces...
  19. and a portion of wanderlust.
  20. Russia.
  21. Notes
  22. Yes, notes.
  23. Dis-arranged.
  24. An empire of smoke.
  25. A coffee desert
  26. in which one might yet stay classy.
  27. The scent of fish and pickles
  28. and a flask of good, cheap wine.
  29. A place for tea.
  30. So here's a generous offer
  31. regarding underwear and cigars
  32. bound books, gunpowder, and hot water
  33. linens and insect powder.
  34. Then onto the perils of sleighs
  35. toboggans
  36. cameras
  37. and aurochs.
  38. And the consolation of tigers.
  39. On tenterhooks?
  40. It is time that must be settled.
  41. Time, at the moment, is unsettled.
  42. Tabled.
  43. Mapped.
  44. Peskiness, revealed.
  45. And feasting, avoided.