Ok, maybe this is silly, but after watching the episodes "Utopia or Deuteronpia" and "Demiurge" again, I was inspired to write a poem about a perfect world. Here it is:

UTOPIA

Utopia is not unconditional It is omniconditional Utopia is not freedom from fear It is freedom from the fear of fear Utopia is not consensus It is sensible conflict Utopia is not a whole It is two halves joined Utopia is not bliss It is lack of regrets Utopia is not the here and now It is everywhere and forever Utopia is not a vacuum Utopia is No worship No government No tribes No society Each man a god Energy is energy

-- Paul D. Gilbreath (gilbreathfamily@worldnet.att.net), March 16, 2000

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Apparently, it also means no paragraph breaks. Where'd they go?

-- Paul D. Gilbreath (gilbreathfamily@worldnet.att.net), March 16, 2000.

I see, punctuation doesn't work the same way here. Hee hee, wasn't really going for a stream-of- consciousness look there... hope you enjoy it nonetheless :)

-- Paul D. Gilbreath (gilbreathfamily@worldnet.att.net), March 16, 2000.

"Utopia is not bliss, it is a lack of regrets," that's pretty deep thinking, I like it, I like the whole thing. It makes me read and re- read the whole thing, it also, just a little, reminds me of the song Imagine, ( I am not trying to trivialize)but as for Utopia is not a whole but two halves joined, does that refer to Berognica, or can Monica only experience Utopia once it is joined with Bregna, and does that symbolize the whole relationship of, well, that could be too deep.

-- Barbara E. (Suesuesbeo@aol.com), March 16, 2000.

Lovely...

-- Kiru Banzai (kirub@earthlink.net), March 16, 2000.

VERY COOL GILL!! i liked it. you make me want to write..i love aeon she often inspires my way of interpreting the world..the one episode i like the most was that last time for everything i think it's called where there in an exact duplicate of aeon.. very cool...keep writin.

-- (Aeonfluxfan1@Aol.com), March 22, 2000.

Yeah yeah, i can dig it. Did you see my textual bomb entitled bts001? ( bomb this site 001 )

-- Stonce aka neobe 316 (neobe@kscable.com), March 23, 2000.

BTS was very cool, I remember tripping on that one back when I first discovered the forum. My next tribute to Aeon is going to be a spoof of the full-length episodes called "Thaumaturgy", maybe I'll post it here if it turns out good.

-- Paul D. Gilbreath (gilbreathfamily@worldnet.att.net), March 24, 2000.

And I'm not being condescending, I really did trip when I read it! Great flow & the best text ever, keep it up Stonce.

-- Paul D. Gilbreath (gilbreathfamily@worldnet.att.net), April 12, 2000.

Very interesting approach.

No worship? Meaning, no religion? No incentive to be good? No government? Nothing to act as control? You mean, everyone should run around free imposing their will on others, killing people, violating natural rights, wreaking havoc? Sure, if you believe in the innate goodness of man. Come on, let's be sensible. Human nature falls a little too short of that standard.

I don't have a problem with anything else.

-- Tracy M. Liang (estrella1032@yahoo.com), September 21, 2003.

When he says "each man a God", he may well be talking about a transcendence of such human nature. like people not needing religion or government to keep them from wreaking havoc.

-- Sam (janecherrington@paradise.net.nz), September 21, 2003.