Similar Cases

One would be tired, the other was also, but bodily. The
tired man was doing absolutely nothing. The other
seemed to act the same, though involved in various
tasks. The man who did nothing was married. The other
was also, with this slight difference, however, that he
remained strictly celibate. As a husband he lived
alone, in appropriate company. The other lived alone
too, but in a promiscuity of about three thousand make
believe people. They both belonged to the secret
society of similar cases.

~Paul Colinet (1898-1957), Belgian surrealist.
Translated by Rochelle Ratner.
Source:http://capa.conncoll.edu/colinet.htm#poppies