Secret Leaders

Kafka and Tarr are our spiritual leaders, W. and I agree. They've gone the furthest, we agree.

But we need more immediate leaders, too. W.: We're stupid, we need to be led. We long ago decided that we could redeem ourselves only by creating opportunities for those more capable than ourselves.

It's our gift, says W., we know we're stupid, but we also know what stupidity is not. We ought to throw ourselves at their feet and ask them to forgive us.

We always stop short of this, of course. We have to remember not to tell them, each of them, that they are our new leader. It will only frighten them off, W. says. No one should ever know he or she is our leader, we decide. Only we should know. And we should only follow them in secret.