Faunication

First up, epic title; having skimmed the Rimbaud basics, appreciation followed. Next, the 'Farty Towels' conversational upgrade (nothing like Eliot, of course). Passing over your 'pleasure dome' obsession (apposite as it is), I squirted amusement at those designated and implied points along the pseudo-social continuum -- 'How brave he was/I pity her'.

Plus [fictitious fanfare] stuff for the reader to mull and pour into the illusory crystal; the transition from literary magnet to commercial magnate dumps a big qm over the interpretation of the bravery reference, and the sideways looks -- are they toward or away from the narrator?

I don't do the 'favourite line' thing, so here's several that write that wrong -- S2, given that I had to execute a headstand for optimal consumption. The 'debauched, a dreadful man' line could easily have been attributed to the italicised cameo (as was the S4 interjection). I wondered, but concluded that such an oversight would be out character, leaving me to effect a contextual counterbalancing act. I was also cooking a joint and smoking hash browns at the time, so I guess you could call the whole episode a life enhancing experience. A shame that Rimbaud had to go out on a missing limb, but at least I experienced the pleasure of florid Faunication...

(Yes, I insist I was reading the same piece you wrote Leanne