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Stretching Away From Self

This cyclic-round-wheel-gyre-chakra bound business of humanness - such an unnecessary habit. I have stuffed my mind, I have put on brown leather shoes, and nothing else in the world puts on a brown leather shoe more willingly than an over-stuffed mind. Later I might identify as a sleek black cat and though I might not meow or have a tail I will be pliable, stretchy, cool, and hard to see in the dark. If this feline thing works out I might try elephant wisdom or river otter playfulness even the thoughtless bliss-fizz of a hamster on its hamster wheel, but maybe that’s just a bit too compulsive like wearing painful leather shoes all day and smiling.

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