There is a long tradition of using the absurd to illuminate reality, and it is a tradition worth leaning into. Works such as The World According to Garp demonstrate how the farcical can carry weight in ways that straightforward seriousness often cannot. The ridiculous becomes a lens through which truth is made more accessible, allowing the reader to step back just far enough to see the shape of things without becoming overwhelmed by them. That same approach sits at the heart of what follows here, where humour is not used to diminish the situation, but to expose it more clearly.