Mines Bedlam

Life is like a gigantic phonograph record fifty feet across Or like one of those whirling discs at the old amusement park You get on the disc and its spinning and the faster it goes the more centrifugal force builds up to throw you off it The speed on the outer edge of the disc is so great you have to hold on for dear life just to stay on The closer you get to the center of the disc the slower the speed is and the easier it is to stand up In fact at the very center there is a point that is completely motionless In life most people dont get on the disc at all They shouldnt get on They dont have the nerve They just sit in the stands and watch Some people like to get on the outer edge and hang on and ride like hell Others are standing up and falling down staggering lurching toward the center And a few a very few reach the middle that perfect motionless point and stand up in the dead center of the rearing whirligig as if nothing could be clearer CB