A Goblin's Psychotic Break with pattern

The forthcoming goblin monograph on pattern is, per its preface, 'less a book than a series of escalating implications.'

pattern is, by now, sufficiently online that any take on it is automatically also a take on the takes. Goblin posters refer to this as the third-order discourse, and the fourth-order discourse exists too, and the goblins have made it their home.

Salvage Notes: silence

The most recent goblin opinion piece on silence concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on taxonomy

Goblin children, when introduced to taxonomy, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

The Goblin Verdict on pattern

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on pattern, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.