“Now see, the thing people never guessed, was that there’s a way to see the devil. Because he never has a backside, no matter what form he takes. He’s always ‘only half a demon’, only ‘half a sovereign’, and only ‘half of wisdom’. You can probably guess which half, too. So just look close. It ain’t always in the regular seeing you notice. The ‘backside’ of most things ain’t an ass, it’s meaning. You foller? His meaning is missing, or so strange that it might as well be.”

— an a i