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covering yourself and your friends in primary colors and end up outside together holding hands by a one-way street that gets busy during certain hours of the day but not most of the time and try to understand that there will be people to stare at you and hold you in rapt gaze but it is up to you whether or not to pay them in
(set: $a to $a + 1)
}attention pulled from an audience full of participants unknowing or knowing it doesn’t quite matter over mind for just a moment of hesitation feeling silly about the things i am simply suggesting nothing more nothing less but i promise it’s okay to laugh so do your best not to lose
(set: $b to $b + 1)care beautifully spreading but there can only ever be certain things within your control so be careful with your direction or don’t i guess there are many ways that this could go and it should mostly be at your discretion to decide where the specificities lie about
(set: $c to $c + 1)what you’ve had for breakfast becoming abstracted turn to the person to your left to report for no reason other than i’ve told you to do so and why do you do anything else anyway because your body needs you to or doesn’t so listen to your body and pretend it’s telling you my words that there is importance in
(set: $d to $d + 1)the weight of a shopping bag full of pudding which is as heavy as the average house cat held with both arms cradling it that one of the friends has brought along as a prop for the next action which is squeezing the bag as hard as possible, two hands randomly selected to press until the bag bursts forth
(set: $e to $e + 1)simple performance of action for no grander reason than to do like when in this group of people you all make a human pyramid where every touching arm or back or knee or shoulder creates between it and another a new color made of old and you all rejoice as one unit
(set: $f to $f + 1)unceremoniously dull liquid falling to the ground and covering the socks of those around with something thicker than the water thinner than the blood oath sworn between two others while waiting on the outskirts of the gathering over what is up to them
(set: $h to $h + 1) a brief glimpse of clarity amid intentional confusion forces you to hold onto granules you might not have ever payed any attention to before which end up being a good thing leading to your favoring
(set: $i to $i + 1)what could be the beginning of a historical moment who’s to say what could come next after this like a well-kept secret that everyone will eventually learn about whether they find curiosity in it or if they don’t know
(set: $j to $j + 1)what the final act is a kindly question to move together through some state or national park and cross the tributary there then track all that slop to the steps of the county courthouse they won’t let you in just yet but you’re patient at least so much so that you might begin to repeat yourself and anyone within earshot “i don’t care” one hundred thousand times or until your tongue dries up and the irony surely isn’t lost on you sharp as a tack dug into the skin of the final persistent hangnail holding up the concept of what important artwork is
(set: $k to $k + 1)a mighty rage directed at the very idea of being told what to do by a man in uniform who imposes something like a threat toward joy and togetherness but you can all turn your back on him while he stares beguiled by such a shift in power
(set: $g to $g + 1){
(text: ...(shuffled: "and cover yourself and your friends
in primary colors
" , "then end up outside together
holding hands by a oneway street
that gets busy during certain hours of the day
but not most of the time
" , "try to understand
that there will be those who stare at you
and hold you in rapt gaze
" , "but it is up to you
whether or not to pay them
" , "pull attention from an audience
full of participants unknowing or knowing
" , "it doesn't quite matter over mind
for just a moment of hesitation
" , "feel silly about the things
i am simply suggesting
nothing more nothing less
but i promise it's okay to laugh
" , "with care beautifully spreading
but there can only ever be certain things
within your control so be careful
with your direction or don't i guess
" , "there are many ways that this could go
and it should mostly be at your discretion
to decide where the specificities lie about
" , "what you've had for breakfast
isn't nearly as important
as it is becoming abstracted
" , "turn to the person to your left to report
for no reason other than i've told you to do so
and why do you do anything else anyway
" , "because your body needs you to
or doesn't so listen to your body
and pretend it's telling you my words
which carry crucial heft
" , "the weight of a shopping bag full of pudding
which is as heavy as the average house cat
held with both arms cradling it
that one of you has brought along
" , "as a prop for the next action
which is squeezing that bag as hard as possible
two hands selected to press
until the bag bursts forth
" , "a simple performance of action
for no grander reason than to do
" , "like when in this group of people
you all make a human pyramid
where every touching arm and back and knee and shoulder
creates between it and another
something new
" , "a new color
made of old and you all rejoice as one unit
" , "a mighty rage
directed at the very idea of being told what to do
by a man in uniform who imposes
something like a threat toward joy and togetherness
but you can all turn your back on him
while he stares beguiled by such a shift
" , "as unceremoniously dull liquid
falls to the ground
and soaks the socks of those around
in something thicker than the water
thinner than the blood
oath sworn between two others
while waiting on the outskirts of the gathering
over what is unknown to us
" , "a brief glimpse of clarity
amid intentional confusion
" , "forced to hold onto granules
you never paid any attention to before
which end up in your favor
" , "at the beginning
of a historical moment
" , "who's to say what could come next
after this like a wellkept secret
that everyone will eventually learn about
" , "whether they find curiosity in it
or if they don't know
" , "the final act
is a kindly question to move together
through some state or national park
and cross the tributary there
" , "and track all that slop to the steps of the county courthouse
they won't let you in just yet
but you're patient
" , "at least so much so that you begin to repeat yourself
and anyone within earshot
//i don't care //
one hundred thousand times or until your tongue dries up
" , "the irony surely isn't lost on you
sharp as a tack dug into the skin
of the final persistent hangnail
holding up the concept
of what important artwork is
"))
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and the world keeps spinning around|one]]
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