Satan's American Handshake

A Story by Abishai100

Narrative portrait of Western (American) capitalism 'ethos' and lifestyle-drawn fortune/fate superstition imagination, for a 'view' of modern riddles.

A fortune-landscape fable about capitalism culture symbolism and drawn ideas about lifestyle-oriented hospitality and handshakes for those invested in Western home-work, inspired (loosely) by Capitalism: A Love Story (Michael Moore), which I think you'll like,

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I grew up with a special love of games and competition modeling and I studied cognitive science at Dartmouth (New Hampshire) and developed my 'examinations' of the competition-psyche reflective of capitalism-race 'chess' and energizers in the post-9/11 era Homeland while crafting my lifestyle-superstition cyber-tales (short stories!) of what makes/made commerce and fortune imagination in the Western-world (America) a 'signpost' for lights in ambition and self-awareness, a sort of sportsmanship-oriented 'view' of fortune/fate for the good Earth. The games I enjoyed casting in my cyber-tales included video-game basketball, table-carrom (India), Othello, and billiards (hmm).

My name's Amlan Satan, and I considered my work with this games-competition view of capitalism-race activity modeling a reflection of what makes social-media culture and commentary of American Homeland life in the post-9/11 era reveal the 'personality' in shared ideas concerning the flowery of fortune and fate and why social networks may reveal (through cyber-chats) daily commerce/media life 'linked' superstitions concerning the 'faces' of Western/American hospitality!

This story I'm relating to you now concerns my work with the nature of father-son bonds and complexity reflective of a capitalism-race activity in this post-9/11 era of Homeland fortune/media life intrigue and energy. You see, I told my dad, while we'd been vacationing together with my mom at a New England timeshare that I was 'moved' to think 'deeply' about capitalism-consciousness after watching the Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money (Paul Newman), an exquisite film about the 'underground culture of street-chess intuition and savvy' surrounding the American Homeland billiards/hustler games/competition domain, perhaps (arguably!) under-presented in mainstream media! He was impressed (my dad) and revealed to me he had this 'deep' praise-feeling about billiards and wanted to challenge me to a game of pool at the time-share recreation center during that memorable vacation. I decided this examination in father-son 'activity' for capitalism/competition 'meditation' would inspire a 'cool' superstition tale about fortune/fate and the quality of the modern social 'bond' for storytelling (ha).

DAD: You know, I played much (avidly) when I was a young man, Satan.

ME: Cool, dad; I played (recreationally) but with inspiration in college!

DAD: With friends...at your fraternity (Bones-Gate)?

ME: That's right, daddy; in fact, I gained a special 'image' of billiards-fantasy (ha).

DAD: Let's see what you've got...maybe you'll be 'guided' by my spirit/presence, Satan.

ME: Sure; I can already feel that, dad, while I'm hitting these balls.

DAD: Damn; I'd been ahead by 3 balls, and you caught-up and won!

ME: Sure; maybe your 'spirit' really did move me to a 'state' for calmness/greatness (ha).

Sure, I believed what dad told me during that time-share billiards 'contest' between us with that capitalism/competition lifestyle Homeland 'culture' symbolism 'meditation' conversation leading up to it. In fact, I felt somewhat 'haunted' (as dad suggested to me that day in New England!) like he was my ghost-dad and I was Prince Hamlet himself, as I closed the gap between us in ball-count on the billiards-table and caught-up and sunk my last-3 balls and moved-ahead to grab the victory (for myself!).

JOURNAL: "Perhaps dad 'allowed' me to win, and I aimed and saw the 'image' of the balls moving in causal-motion on the pool-table that day at the New England time-share; and I saw the final-3 balls roll into the holes and gave me that 'examination' of that competition-meditation for my capitalism-culture 'superstition' tale that I'd hook with my view of what makes my 'feeling' of self-made victory 'fantasy' a light for this human race of fortune/fate intuitions concerning the natural discovery of complexity...and handshakes (for all!)."

I decided that time-share 'moment' with billiards symbolism for my capitalism-superstition Homeland tale(s) would accent my overall vision as an 'Earth-prince' of commerce/media life presentations and inspire in me new images of traffic/life securities in this post-9/11 era of lifestyle-confidence imagination creating 'cooler' expressions of 'American' handshakes (for all!).