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Linear time is so overrated

beyond the eastern cliffs

lives a tired magician

wizened greybeard

no longer looking for answers

not because he found any

but because

the mud was alive

clay instructed

again constructed

built in machinery

generative scenery

hatching a plot

that went something like...

boy meets girl

at the end of the world

run the tape in reverse

find each act rehearsed

researched and planned

five moves ahead

unwind the mind

game's up, reboot, rewind.

bail out the mothership

all hands to the pump and dump

no entry bookkeeping

transact subprime factor fission reactor

``there's a commodity derivative imbalance

in your cranium and I've just the solution''

(quoth the magician)

relit flames

misfit games

broken chains

taking pains

feeding brains

needing change

catalyst

you're not on the list

not coming in

barred

charred

bard

beard turned black

the plot thickens...

boy meets girl

at the end of the world

run the tape in reverse

find each act rehearsed

researched and planned

five moves ahead

unwind the mind

game's up, reboot, rewind.

four square twenty seven

cube of bricks

counting tricks

small nicks and cuts

towards the real blend of

rational irrational

slice and dice

rolling double six

free parking forever

in this static monopoly

frozen

dozing

transfixed by glazed stories high

bank on bloodied knuckles

all belt and no trousers

rabble rousers

carousers

``come to the carousel''

ride a wooden horse

that bucks you off

at the perpetual bend

the eventual trend

flatlines

steamrollered entropy

was it meant to be?

boy meets girl

at the end of the world

run the tape in reverse

find each act rehearsed

researched and planned

five moves ahead

unwind the mind

game's up, reboot, rewind.

boy meets girl

at the end of the world

run the tape in reverse

machine chews it up

tangled mess of magnetic media

irreparably ripped

and creased

cassette deceased

magician released

peace.