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take an evening -
reclassify emotions as chemical compounds.
remove one atom,
see what changes.
take your field notes, transcribe them
back to front.
add line breaks.

be scientific. be too scientific.
replace the word 'entropy'
with the word 'god'.

be so full of want that you can feel it
scraping its numb jaws against your insides.

write about flowers instead.

make your first line provocative.
follow it, let it unfurl -
ctrl a.
del.

inauthentic, try again.

ctrl z.
who the fuck
wants authenticity
?

read, find inspiration.
find new ways to plagiarize old ideas.
stop reading.

hash and rehash,
slash and burn.
look at the mess you've made.

add punctuation
as decoration.
spend an hour flicking back and forth -
capitalization.
uncapitalization.

write about family. if it hurts too little,
write about flowers instead.

use a word bank.
cuss,
kiss,
switch,
hit,
shock,
shatter,
fade.

write in the dark.
write from within your own skull.
write drunk.
write your litanies.
write your lines.
write your lies.

scrap it all.

write about flowers instead.

have grand plans.
have stories
singing
somewhere
secret.
have conceits,
have morals,
have visions,
have sex,
have -

write about flowers instead.