Does pg recycle his themes? I have seen this one a number of times over the years, and others as well. I guess everyone does that, to some extent, but this is

Does pg recycle his themes? I have seen this one a number of times over the years, and others as well. I guess everyone does that, to some extent, but this is literally the entire content of his piece. Hasn't he written something like that before? Why does he repeat himself every few years almost verbatim?