Ripple and shake, get Ethiopian take-out, strawberries covered in chocolate, maybe take the long way home, you’re a scientist, test your reality, acquire proof, who you can be, if the world shifted, four inches, leaning to the left, if you squinted your eyes, and managed to see it, play the bad guy in the RPG, see who you are, if your perspective was different, the wild bushy path into that girl’s heart, what it would take to push through it, the lake ripples, dip your feet, what you would do, if you were hungrier, possibility echoes, your future calls, maybe you married her, brunette with glasses, would you say no to it, these questions could be elementary, I’m asking just in case, there were minds closed to it, work hard and do your homework, when all’s said and done you can make it to retirement, but as you experience eternity, and the abyss calls to you, maybe question, whether it’s where you want to be, but if it’s not obvious, maybe go to school, and it would be a really good idea, if you made the effort and learned to swim…

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