Squiggles
Characters on a page
squiggles, but meaningful ones
on the page.
Shuffle those around and put them on the page.
Shuffle them around and try again.
Think about them.
Shuffle them around and try again.
The characters on the page
meaningful squiggles, but not quite right
so shuffle them around and try again.
Use new squiggles, but meaningful ones
put those on the page.
Then shuffle them around and try again.
Put more characters on the page
until the page is full.
Then start over.
Different squiggles, different meanings.
Closer still, but not quite there.
Shuffle them around and try again.
Shuffle them around and…
EUREKA!
…no, false alarm.
So keep putting characters on the page
squiggles, but meaningful ones.
Maybe one day the squiggles
will say just what you mean
and it just might
change everything.
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