Towels...and the illusion of it all...

The thrill is gone the gig is up. 
The mystery has been solved. 
All pretense and performance can stop as there is nothing left. 

Take a look at this pic....

(This pic is courtesy of a random google search... Just random)The thing that shattered the perception of perfect is these here towels.

Normally towels are not something to destroy your perception but in this case they happen to be.
Towels just molded over this bulky foam thingy- just atrocious.  I used to think that in the store- people took time to actually fold the towels/ placed them expertly on the shelves and efficiently placed the lines together.

It makes me think of all the other perceived perfections of the world-

like snazzy red shoes would really take you very far- 

and maybe in some cases if you were someone who could actually wear those shoes and not feel like a fraud then probably you are going somewhere.

I'm not that person (all the time) tho I continually try to walk that walk...in heels.  Some days I can, I do. Others... not so much... Yet somehow, just like we were sold (and bought) the dream of work hard, don't be a burden to society, pay your bills on time and eventually you will have a house, car, man and 2.5 kids with a white picket fence and all the great sex you can handle (no one else was sold that????!) 

The reality is that is not the case. 

It is an illusion complete with disappointed, unfulfilled unions, balloon mortgages, looming foreclosure, hearty student loan payments for a degree you have not 'actually used' yet, mediocre if that sex with random strangers and the disenchantment if it all. 

You post on the wide world web your fabulous time had at some swanky NY hotspot but fail to mention the 2 hr line you waited in, the cheap off the rack shoes that pinch your toes, the dress (or mens items) that the tag is tucked into just so you can  return it to the store still maintaining that illusion. The standing at the bar hoping to bee seen and chatted to and even touched.

Yes. Touched- just to FEEL- yes, you forgot to mention that.

 Anywho may as well enjoy the illusion- whodunit and ran did say the freaks come out at night.

Also....this pic right here... Folks in denial about a drinking habit (not it!!)