the spectacles of kismet

 

 

one time i had a dream that my spectacles allowed me to anticipate blueprints.

while i was at the gas station i bought a new set of sunglasses off the rack. i wiped them down with hand sanitizer before i wore them because i didn't want other people's germs. when i wore the glasses i got to see some of the most amazing buildings that were never built. there were whole cityscapes that didn't exist but that might one day be. it was freaky travelling through the imaginary architecture in the process of growing into being. it turned towns into forests of possibilities.

 

i was travelling around the new hudson valley understanding the succeeding structures that the glasses provided. i figured that i needed buy some chewing gum. i went back to the petrol station. the proprietor was talking to a man with a blue baseball cap with orange writing on it.

the man was the wizard kismet. when i entered the gas station they both heaved a sigh of relief. kismet smiled. he asked if i bought the sunglasses there.

i told him that i bought them there only a few hours ago.

he smiled even wider. kismet said that he knew this because the proprietor of the gas station and he had gone back to watch the security videos. sometimes it's good to be able to look back as well as look forward he said. then he told me the sun glasses actually belonged to his wife. she had taken them off to buy to try on a pair of regular specs. she accidentally left them on the display rack. he had done an incantation on them to help her on save time her job as an architect. she was completely distraught at loosing them.

kismet offered me a considerable sum of money to buy them back. i told him that he could have them back for free. he was gratefully astonished and said he really must give me something.

so, i asked him to buy me a lottery ticket. he bought me a five dollar quick pick and two scratch offs. he also paid for my chewing gum.

my pet fish bubbles said that we should use the knowledge from the glasses to invest in property. we could buy the spots were the most elaborate edifices would be built and sell them for a profit. i tried to tell him that the glasses didn't predict the future. they only suggested plans for buildings that could be built there.

bubbles didn't seem to understand this. 

kismet also said if i was ever in a place where he was performing, i would get free admission to his show.