time aboriginal pale luminous shrouded ambiguous primal enigmatic oracular obscure stargazers measuring devices belief preachers belief prophets belief gurus belief penitents knowledge elders knowledge visionaries knowledge storytellers knowledge savants knowledge technicians knowledge sociologists knowledge poets love maidens love lovers love cuckolds love concubines love streetwalkers love sexologists love femmes fatales money investors money bookmakers money financial advisors money moneylenders money beggars money financiers predict hint at tell of anticipate prognosticate upon evoke cast doubt upon warn of the creeping disaster the unthinkable celebration the wobbly catastrophe time the unmitigated ending time the frail conclusion time the clock's empire time the temporal unwinding the satin times the lavender age the premeditated denouement the slippery slope the unthinkable thoughts the dagger-edged compromise belief the cut-rate afterlife belief the prime-time redemption love the fatal kiss love the final embrace money economic purgatory money the gilded fist money blood money money corporate largesse money runaway riches without hesitation once again belatedly almost immediately as always as expected against expectations almost reluctantly God knows why with good reason at the last moment the discredited sycophants the unseen observers the key players the radical ephemeralists the Sunday insurgents knowledge the well-oiled experts knowledge the seers knowledge the illogicians knowledge the informationalists the unrepentant nobodies the lofty statesmen the schemers the dreamers the poignantly young girls the cardboard villains the plastic generals belief ordained doubters belief the god-mongers belief the closet atheists belief the ecclesiastical virtuosos belief the orthodox unbelievers belief the overburdened pantheists belief uncompromising psychotheists love sexual deviationists love adulterous politicians love the legislators of affection love the ravishing women knowledge love the sexual cogniscenti money well-heeled stakeholders money corporate kingpins money the lonely heiresses money the wretched of the earth money penniless optimists money the have-nots money the down-and-out money the privileged few paper victims put forward insist on shed light on agree upon discredit proclaim reconsider promote back off from play down are shocked by love are aroused by love lust for the possible options their chameleonlike demands knowledge their oracular proclivities knowledge the half-answers knowledge the illogical outcome knowledge the wounded hypothesis the pale yellow strategy their crimson allegiances the cracked plan the lost cause their dangerous ploy everything possible their shiny new plot time the bylaws of eternity time the ruthless laws of transience time hourglass diplomacy time the everlasting moment time the instant revolution time the horological decrees belief the steps to salvation belief the holy stratagems belief cost-effective martyrdom love the amorous subterfuges love the erotic conundrums love fleshly circumstances love the buxom wildcards money fiscal imperialism money debt relief money viral taxation money illicit remuneration the armies the assassins the purveyors belief the minor deities the instigators the commandos the militias the death squads the forces belief the crusaders belief the consecrated battalions of evening laughter originality second chances time memory solitude knowledge probability knowledge certainty knowledge hidden meaning time perpetuity love tenderness love the heart love endearment money easy credit money penury money capital money opulence money lucre money mammon are at rest on the move time waiting for the right moment time biding their time at the gate nursing their wounds ready to make their move angered full of purpose if they if they don't play fast and loose with pay homage to give due consideration to take heed of think twice about worry about do their best to overcome build on edit cater to pay lip service to knowledge basic facts knowledge the raw data knowledge the peer-reviewed conclusions time history failure moral integrity knowledge strategic imperatives their innate abilities victory time the bloodthirsty hour time the unscrupulous past belief their spiritual calculations belief their prickly doctrines belief their hair-trigger beliefs love their animal natures love their romantic proclivities love underground desires love marital obligations love emotional expenses love the bonds of affection money the Almighty Dollar money financial incentive money fiscal concerns money entrepreneurial instincts they'll they may find themselves devoid of money have to pay cash for money have to invest in money have to buy out money have to pay top dollar for have to borrow never be equal to find themselves betrayed by have to rely on be stymied by have nothing left but never have end up slaves to dreams love sexual opportunities love handmade love love sensual approximations love experimental love love black-and-white sex disposable hope arcane exit strategies realities the last word good intentions time temporal contingencies time chronometric expediencies time latent infinities time the dirty sands of time they don't want to nobody wants to they can't afford to they won't they'll somehow manage to get on the bad side of be at the mercy of arouse the ire of be caught in bed with blow their chance at fail at be held accountable to miss out on be on the receiving end of time morning knowledge meaning originality time the future time the past themselves time the ending time their legacy knowledge the secret belief the canonical question belief higher purpose belief celestial theory belief divine deconstruction belief sanctified misfortune love virginal ambitions love terminal endearment love ejaculatory postulates love phallic prerogatives money economic sensationalism money free-market extemporization money the Big Bad Buck time all at once time at regular intervals with little warning with alarming speed without fanfare before they know it empty heavily loaded impossible unlikely sour excruciating defeated expectant ambivalent armor-plated hastily mobilized well-armed belief absolved belief sacrificial love belief celibate love well-endowed love libidinous love virginal love sexless love impotent money expensive money well-financed money commercial money usurous money impoverished liberators conveyances chances convoys knowledge assumptions knowledge imaginings knowledge alternatives knowledge possibilities belief knowledge convictions knowledge belief certainties knowledge proofs knowledge philosophies belief blasphemies rumble fade away advance retreat move on creep are escorted time into memory time into history down the street toward anonymity into the evening knowledge into hypothesis knowledge into theory knowledge into legend knowledge into myth into irrelevance into relevance time into posterity time into the hereafter time into perpetual morning knowledge into epistemological bankruptcy into the suburbs seeds of shards of layers of scatterings of time ghosts of time recollections of time moments of knowledge inklings of hints of cold hard soft dry bitter warm tentative reluctant pale ornamental belief redeeming easy knowledge hypothetical money luxurious money opulent money extravagant money austere money ascetic money humble wind sunlight smoke dust mist knowledge rumor knowledge possibility rain belief prayer love desire love longing love attraction hover over drift over litter complicate decorate cheapen the lake the sidewalks the hiding places the battlefields the trees knowledge their thoughts the streets the graves knowledge the established facts knowledge the libraries love the brothels love the lovers' meeting place love the harems love the romantic expectations money the wealthy neighborhoods money the mansions money the ghettos money the shantytowns money the refugee camps money the fashionable avenues money the slums money the derelict houses time the morning time the early evening time the year time the day time the hour time the road ahead the forest the street the air the situation the field the hidden meadow belief the hallowed ground belief the sacrosanct land belief the godforsaken country belief the Promised Land belief the cloistered air belief the parish knowledge the hypothesized location money the impoverished land money the magnificent estate money the inner city money the housing project money the tony part of town money the coroporate complex fills with swells with shimmers with trembles with thickens with conspires with the quivers with glimmers with is compromised by contends with is beset by is all about belief believes in the invokes love yearns for effigies traces patterns offerings knowledge hints knowledge possibilities geometries knowledge probabilities wisps whispers of tattered birdsong breeze refactored light time love old love love sensuality love seduction time remembrance time decay time age time foregone conclusion gloom sepia laughter denuded sadness raw mist violet haze opportunity belief holy halogen light belief failed divinity belief mystical breath belief ungodly disquiet belief godly desire belief pious imagination metaphorical red flowers their obligations misgivings hasty plans unanswerable arguments unwarranted assumptions the howlings of faithful dogs cries of battle elaborate wanderings money corporate powers money secret riches money the specters of poverty money reminiscences of past wealth money the groans of the hungry infringe upon improvise upon love caress love arouse love seduce love violate implicate tamper with transfigure scar endanger belabor belief consecrate belief undermine the credibility of belief subvert the broken torn blood-flecked once-fruitful knowledge unmapped contested treacherous love tender love voluptuous hidden lost knowledge secret knowledge improbable fragile landscape horizon supply routes ground country roads road home trails time eternities expanses time moments time season time time like time knowledge forgetfulness a sponge a rag time memory a soft cloth habit fate's mop janitorial necessity time the distant time the remote the indistinct time the old the porous time the persistent time the far-off the fastidious belief the preordained belief the righteous day curse expectation sense of reckoning remorse belief atonement defeat victory justice absorbs blots out cleans up sucks up dabs at smudges each the last every the unguarded time hour time moment misgiving joy effort love pleasure love sexual instinct time lifetime time instant knowledge lesson knowledge hard-earned fact money dividend money bit of profit money piece of ill-gotten gain money dollar silence time time knowledge the light of day time memory knowledge blindness knowledge meaning knowledge ignorance sunrise time the dawn time yesterday time tomorrow love matrimonial devotion love unbridled lust love bridled lust love conjugal dysfunction money indigence money ruthless wealth money the phantom of prosperity money commerce lays its snares for is gunning for has its sights on stalks lies in wait for pronounces judgment on provides covering fire for plans a raid on mercilessly targets the unwary the enemy time the annals of history the cracked evening horizon belief the secret brotherhood of doubt belief the unbelievers belief the true believers belief the scrubbed souls time nightfall the watery ideals the fair-weather pragmatists knowledge the ignorant time ancient failures knowledge time antique assumptions love the lovelorn love the nymphomaniacal love the nubile charmers love the sweet young things love the marriageable populace money the greedy money the miserly money the windfall profits money the profiteers money the counterfeiters money the fat wallet new and improved easily-assembled glorious time enduring time durable time timely time historic fashionable elegant potent hardy velvet knowledge revelatory knowledge intellectual successes moments of pathos heroes myth-making military efforts accomplishments belief saviors belief converts love kisses love screwings love passions money investments money sales money markets money revenue money payoffs and weighed down by sullied by accompanied by undermined by obscured by overshadowed by compromised by hampered by in conjunction with bloody foolish high-maintenance awkward half-baked political hard toothless embarrassing sharp-edged dangerous time ephemeral time fleeting time evanescent provincial costly Machiavellian insincere conventional love feminine wiles love vixens love flirtations love love affairs love liaisons love temptresses threats problems adversaries money kickbacks predictions daydreams euphemisms compromises riddles bargaining legends flamboyance assumptions money plutocrats money expenditures money bribes money penury — all for what? all for naught always a problem proof that anything is possible who would have believed it? food for thought these are the warning signs harbingers of woe what could be more preposterous? what else would you expect? what could be worse? disturbing love what could be more titillating? love decidedly a turn-on love is this romance? love how romantic knowledge what could be more enlightening? knowledge a hard lesson knowledge there's a lesson there somewhere how unlikely par for the course nothing's ever simple hardly ideal occasionally belief nobody really believes that knowledge everyone knows that knowledge there's no evidence that it's said that some suspect that it can be argued that for some people in extreme cases they say that somehow belief they believe that don't be fooled into thinking that belief Christian duty belief moral obligation belief scattershot zealotry belief spiritual gerrymandering belief ecclesiastic waffling belief divine larceny belief unleavened piety belief divine omniscience knowledge hardboiled philosophy knowledge a professorial demeanor knowledge empty rhetoric knowledge excessive expertise knowledge hard science love unrequited love love premeditated infatuation love empty love love wooden sex love steely sex love rough sex love tough love money the empty wallet money reluctant charity money financial necessity money fanciful financing money creative poverty time time-honored laughter time ancient inefficiency time old-time worrying will make can make makes the way out the hard climb the road back money the road to riches money the fatal payoff money the killer paycheck money the corporate ladder money business success belief the primrose path belief divine preferment belief pay-as-you-go salvation belief heaven love extreme marriage love divorce-as-sport love a long courtship love flirtation the way out the hard climb the road back a real waste the lesser of evils a necessity a slam dunk a sure thing a long shot a mere convenience impossible a nonstarter a bit of a bust difficult untenable just a pipe dream a complete loss a living hell money a hard sell money a questionable merchandising option money a lousy deal into just another theory something of a nightmare the time clocks time calendars time history books provisional roadmaps yardsticks of success critical indicators very ideas of victory and defeat barometers of war belief hardened truths love family jewels love delicately spiced lips love synecdoches of manhood money bank accounts money checkbooks money economic indicators money banknotes knowledge almanacs knowledge footnotes knowledge statistics will fight back are on the verge of surrender are about to give in will never give up negotiate terms implement their strategy have their agendas have gone over to the other side fall back on Plan B without warning taking them by surprise suddenly they don't know what to do when unexpectedly they're taken by surprise when they are almost expecting it when they're shocked when they're not really surprised when the many-tongued hydra-headed winged iron-breasted irony-clad ink-eyed asbestos-hearted knowledge mysterious knowledge unknowable knowledge crafty knowledge sly love seductive love impossibly endowed love erotic money bejeweled money tight-fisted money richly attired money diamond-encrusted money corporate money blue-blooded ogre colossus titan belief goddess belief god avenger nemesis belief demon defender champion belief angel belief divinity of time the future time historical nuance time immemorial grief time posteriority excuse failure knowledge guilt nothingness belief certainty belief doubt happenstance hard lessons belief conviction knowledge contingent widsom knowledge hindsight love sexual abandon love orgasmic consequences love orgiastic collusion love libidinous considerations money bad debt money the bottom line money deprivation money Wall Street rises up before them towers in memory blocks their way cuts off all escape crosses over to their side comes to their aid takes up their cause switches sides urges them on leads them into the field asks for ID wants to settle the score puts them to the test backs down backs out of the deal honor the note the heed the beware of observe the belief believe in the belief don't believe in the love devote yourself to money invest in money don't invest in money cash in on the money put your money on the makeshift stale undigested predatory open-ended two-fisted knowledge inexplicable knowledge impossible high-value concilliatory time fleeting time perpetual time endless time infinite time timeless love virile love carnal love sexually implicit daydreams sunlight ambition wind changes rivers avenues excuses knowledge communications knowledge visions knowledge genius knowledge ideologies they sense that knowledge they know now that they admit that knowledge now they see that belief they can scarcely believe that belief they don't yet believe that they can't quite fathom that victory defeat time the end the final step time the concluding moment time the fatal hour time the final chapter belief redemption belief absolution belief moral finality love fleshly gratification love the last kiss love the steamy climax is within reach is theirs is waiting in the wings is on call has never been closer is there for the taking is theirs for the asking is ready and waiting is just around the corner is all in their minds has outmaneuvered them is at hand is in the cards money has been bought and paid for money has been paid for in advance money is on their payroll money has been bought out