once upon a time, there was a war. first the bad guys were bad, then the good guys were good, then the good guys were bad. this made the bad guys good by negation and the whole thing started over again. 

once upon a time, theseus had a ship made of steel from the twin towers. it's not the same ship anymore except in the beating, indignant heart of the thing, where it was never theseus' ship to begin with. 

once upon a time, there was a little boy. the little boy had big ideas. the little boy figured some things out and he knew without a doubt how to fix it all. first no one listened to him, then everyone listened to him. it was all so beautiful on paper, like the superman S you doodle. it was too simple to mean anything, like the superman S you doodle.