Bartleby (of Choate!)

A stranger tale of Xmas-season salesmanship involving invocation of 'capitalism-symbolic' treasures/trinkets 'drawing' an Ego-chess mind of fortune's design(s).

An Xmas-eve tale of treasure-purchase consciousness wonder/worry, inspired by Bartleby and The Gift of the Magi. Merry Xmas, WritersCafe (and thanks so much for reading!), 

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In a small town in the Western-world called Choate, a mysterious traveling salesman named Bartleby decided to enter a special optimistic household, a family called Yale, and sought to present a series of special civilization 'trinkets' or 'gems' which he hoped would capture the Yale-household sense of wonder about commerce-life magic and superstition storytelling, and he wanted to test their intelligence/imagination to see which trinkets/treasures they'd select to keep as their household sacred symbols of American residential comfort/life (hmm).

YALE: This guy was kind of strange and presented his 'trinkets' in a green briefcase; we wondered about the Xmas-symbolism.

BARTLEBY: I have treasures here you simply won't be able to refuse/discard and promise you you'll choose one for Xmas (ha).

The salesman, Bartleby (of Choate), was a rather stranger looking fellow of Algerian-heritage and naturalized American citizen and brought his special 'green briefcase' containing special commerce-life 'trinkets' and capitalism-reflective 'treasures' which he was certain would draw the interest of the Yale-household that December month (Xmas-season) of various social-media posts about lifestyle-shopping interests in the Western-world (wow).

BARTLEBY: I'm certain the Yale place is one of 'fantastic' insight into the value(s) of treasure-chess acknowledgement/IQ!

YALE: This is a 'replica-double set' of pro-football spirits cards of Randall Cunningham post-Eagles career Super Bowl cards?
BARTLEBY (of Choate): Yes; 'Strike-Force' (Upper Deck) team-transfer (Viking-QB) 'magic' replicas of Super Bowl ambition-IQ!

YALE: The 'original' red-print edition looks nicer, Mr. Bartleby (hmm).

BARTLEBY (of Choate): You're right; but the replica 'silver-edition' is just as...iconic (for fans of Super Bowl ambition-IQ).

YALE: Randall Cunningham was an Eagles-QB celeb/star before heading to the Viking-land for Super Bowl dreams/chess.

BARTLEBY (of Choate): The Super Bowl title was the one thing eluding Cunningham in his cheered Philly-career, no?

YALE: They're both quite nice, Bartleby!

Bartleby saw the Yale household eyes dazzled as they looked at the 'cool' sports-market media-treasure double-card set of pro-football spirits and then dazzled more as he presented a set of very 'iconic' mini-robot warriors from Transformers (Hasbro) media which mechanically 'transformed' into espionage/communications-symbolic mini-cassettes.

BARTLEBY: These 'cassette-toys' (mini-robots) symbolize the 'quality' of consumerism-chess for world-culture intelligence, no?

YALE: You've a special 9/11-commemoration postcard?
BARTLEBY (of Choate): Yes...as you note this image, on the card, you note the splendor/clarity of patriotism-novelization!

YALE: Quite cool...you've multiple 'capitalism' symbolism treasures in your case here today for presentation for Xmas (wow).

BARTLEBY: Select one or multiple and don't refuse all for all are 'diamonds' of social-media/Ego (ha).

YALE: Right.

BARTLEBY: Finally, here's a very fine old-world silver-locket with printed-image of a 'lady-in-red' for 'chess' of manners.

YALE: How much for this locket?
BARTLEBY: I'll give it to you for free if you purchase both Strike-Force replica-cards (the Cunningham-QB set) for $1K.

YALE: Alright...since it's Xmas, Bartleby (of Choate!).

BARTLEBY: Excellence.

YALE JOURNAL: The salesman continues on the road away from perdition, casting capitalism 'chess' as form of Ego-exorcism!

The Yale household believed they made the 'right-stuff' purchase that Xmas-season in their glorious iconic Western-world reflective/cultural residential town of Choate (East Coast, United States). The following week, mom/Yale cooked a special 'world-fare' symbolic zesty egg-curry dish which the entire household loved as the 12-days of Xmas approached.

MOM (Yale): I benefit our 'wisdom' in the selection of the right-stuff treasure(s) for that Bartleby-salesman visit this Xmas.

DAD (Yale): This egg-curry tastes better than any other 'version' you've made yet, honey-bee (wow).

Did Bartleby intend to create a special 'magic' consciousness regarding the selection of 'chess' symbolic treasures of capitalism-IQ and commerce-life Ego that Xmas-season in the symbolic American town of Choate? The Yale household did indeed make a 'handsome' purchase from Bartleby's symbolic briefcase of civilization 'trinkets' and learned to 'savor' the magic from the purchase(s)...but they continued to wonder (oddly) if they should've purchased more...just to 'entreat' the charming salesman's wonder-rich sense of fortune-chess oriented 'human race' Ego-dough.

THE END

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"Money is everything" (Ecclesiastes)