After God was dead
idolatry lost its appeal. Marco thought one day of bringing it back and his friends approved.
“It’s conceptually different from materialism.” Margo said, and Marco remembered why he had started flopping on her at parties in the first place.
“Its name implies a god or gods to venerate, not simply a physical item,” Marco added. Margo never venerated him, and sometimes she wouldn’t respond to an 11 pm text until 2:30 am.
