i command the light with a smack. A flick, a poke.
and equally, I command the dark.
American Electrical Power of Ohio not withstanding.
How do you know I am not lying about this. How do you know
that I am not lying about my history, or my physical condition.
Or my psychical condition, for that matter.
I have lied in the past.
Have you not?
It’s such a plush bed wherein you toss and turn and sweat.
Is not the past an indication
of future performance?
“No.” disclaims the advisor.
“I guarantee nothing.”
And so I make Tomato Soup with this.
By setting aside, for later, everything that is not tomato, nor soup.
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