CONDITIONS OF ENGAGEMENT
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Aisha Sasha John
THE LIE YOU TOLD YOURSELF THE RELATIONSHIP REVEALING
YOUR CLOSED HEART’S SUFFERING
THE WIND YOU PUT IN OUR REST
A BEAUTIFUL DULL NAIL CLIPPER
BETWEEN HOW EASY AND GOOD IT IS
THAT’S WHY THERE IS A DOLPHIN ON YOUR KEYCHAIN
WHO LOOKS STUPID AND I LIKED THAT
A DOLPHIN WHO APPEARS TO BE LEARNING
CHANGING POSITIONS IN RELATION TO THE INFORMATION’S RECEPTION
UNCOMFORTABLE
RECOGNIZING A FEELING AS DISCOMFORT
THE EMOTIONAL INTENSITY OF DYSFUNCTION BULLYING THE AWKWARDNESS OF ACTUAL INTIMACY
WHO BELIEVES IN ARCHIMEDES?
FASTER AND TENDERERER AND STUFF
DO YOU BELIEVE PEOPLE? I DON’T
AND OBSERVE HOW THEIR BODIES REACT TO WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
HORSE TRUTH, TEETH
DONKEY TRUTH, SLOW
MALLARD DUCK
THE AGE IS IN YOUR HANDS
I DON’T WANT TO EAT A SPOONFUL OF CRUNCHY ORGANIC PEANUT BUTTER AGAIN
ICE CREAM
UNRIPE PLUM ANYWAY
LOGIC OF NAMING SOMETHING SOMETHING NEGATIVE
WHEN I USED TO SEE YOUR BIG-ASS HEAD ON COLLEGE STREET
I BELIEVE I THINK YOU ADDRESSED ME
I BELIEVE I THINK YOU THINK US INTERLOCUTABLE
LANGUAGE I BELIEVE I THINK YOU THINK WE SHARE
STANDING UP AND THEN SQUATTING
GUESS I’M IN LOVE WITH MY HOBBIES TIMES A FRILLION
I FIGURED OUT WHAT TO DO WITH EVENINGS EITHER SMOKE POT OR DON’T SMOKE POT
IS EVERYBODY LIKE ME UNACTUALIZED OR AM I THE ONLY ONE
IS EVERYONE LIKE ME LIKE IS EVERYONE LIKE BASICALLY ONE PERSON WITH DIFFERENT PARTS AND TIMES
IS THERE ONLY ONE PERSON TIMES VARIATION
FUCKING THE TIME AND TELLING
WARP AND HOW
WHEN YOU WHY
MACKDALICIOUS
IF ONLY IF ONLY IF…OK
