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Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Madmen’s Ekphrasis — “So long old friend”

Filed under: General — Tags: — m759 @ 11:51 am

    A two-page spread from The New Yorker of Sept. 7, 1968

Detail, end of page 133 text . . .

In the full two-page spread, note the passage from the ad on the left —
"So long old friend" — to the ad on the right —

Swim with the Day People
Dance with the Night People
Come with the Fun People.

This passage may be viewed as as a metanarrative description of the
passage from a vale of tears to a more pleasant environment.

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