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  sleek  as  Siamese  cats.     By  now  I’ve  become  my  own   unabashed  spokesperson,  floating   nobody  else’s  fathomed  boat,   not  even  Immanuel  Kant’s.     Around  a  few  bends   the  highway  wends   then  segues  into     a  long  straightaway   when  my  purview  is  snared   by  the  sight  of  Hearst  Castle,   opulent  palace     roosting  high  atop   a  magnificent  mountain.     Hearst  Castle   built  by  that  rascal   William  Randolph   who  was  born  with  a  silver   spoon  stuck  in  his  throat.     Hearst  who  became   a  print  media     imperial  magnate   and  wowed  darlings   of  Hollywood’s  entourage.     Hearst  whose  father   casted  sin  aside  with  a  shrug,   30