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To me Humpty represents the vulnerability of those who seek to remain “on the wall”, maybe neutral, maybe undecided? Without taking sides, a person would presumably have nothing to defend so it may seem safe to be breakable. But people naturally collect into groups for reasons beyond the assumption that just being right is protective in itself–after all, eggs normally travel in dozens and why do that if striking another egg can have personally catastrophic outcome for both attacker and attackee.

Another oddity with Mr. Dupmpty is his individuality in world full of multiples such as the seven dwarfs, the ugly step-sisterS, Goha’s 11 and sometimes 12 donkeys, and any matching dinette sold at IKEA. Why is this egg among us? What does his alone-ness and sacrifice represent on a planet where even uniqueness comes with a back-up copy?

So many questions. “Humbly born of the backside of a chicken our hero ventured blindly and alone until…