The joke to which "The Lesser False Vampire Bat" might
be the punch line-- What's furry & flies & has a milk
moustache?

Imagine righteous indignation to be an addictive,
debilitating drug--made from mashed up baby kittens.
Would we still love it then? Dubya loves it, Osama
digs it, protesters get high on it, & the troops in
the desert eat it up--it's the coin of the realm, the
denim everyone wants to wear: veil of the twin desires
of greed & punishment--greed, to take from the Other
in order to make your Self bigger, & punishment--to
reduce the Other to nothingness as much as possible,
so as not to be troubled by resemblances.

Forms of the desire to be just. Putting some
back when you have too much. Admitting you are wrong.
Listening, against the impulse to blurt out contra-
diction. Alms giving. Seeing yourself in others,
particularly those who seem very different. Giving up
the wish to seek honors or take credit. To not care
about winning or losing. To let someone in ahead of you.
To rescue something forgotten, lost, or wasted. To
show mercy; even to those in the wrong. To not do
everything you could do, no matter how good it would
make you feel. To be content with partial solutions,
slow results, & achievements that you will never see
the outcome of.