There is a china teapot in its own orbit around the sun.

Hang on........to imagine all of this properly, I shall have to fire up the bong.



Back in a mo, man.......

MA denied the teapot. Assemble the tea cups for an inquisition.

Now imagine, however, that this teapot undergoes a sea change. Suppose it becomes an authority (out of its spout come forth important commands and promises). Suppose it becomes a source of comfort, as earthly teapots are, but more so. Suppose it becomes the focus of national identities: it is especially one of our teapots, not theirs. And so on: it answers prayers, adopts babies, consecrates marriages and closes grief. The teapot was cracked, but rose again and is now whole. It has achieved mythical, legendary, even religious status. It becomes crass to ask how bit it is, how its orbit is shaped, what china it is made of. These questions demean and belittle the teapot, and probably suggest sacrilegious intent on the part of those who insist upon them. Above all, it becomes a sin and shame to deny the existence of the teapot, whereas it is not usually a sin to deny the existence of anything.