i realized this idea early this summer
while dining with my counterpart (my gf) at our local diner
that one could consider every country across the ocean (as our politicians do)
worry about international consequences
the world—the globe
or one could consider just the person across the table
and consider that dealing with that person is the same
the exact same thing
with the same buttons to push and the same types of reactions and consequences
that dealing with the person across the table is more difficult than dealing with every country across the ocean
and dealing with the person across the table is the real desired objective of those who deal with every country across the ocean
that conquering (or mastering) (or succeeding with) the person across the table is what we really want
and that we disguise it with trying to overcome countries
when all we want is to deal with the person who is sitting across the table from us
and (if we could accomplish this meager goal) we would be satisfied
(in a way that would cause us to re-approach our goals with countries across the ocean)
am i really dealing with (every country across the ocean) ??
or am i simply dealing with (the person across the table)