STILL LIFE
by Ted Richer
From one perspective:
It may not move.
It may not move forward.
It may not move backward.
From one perspective:
It may not move.
Any distance.
So.
From your perspective:
You may not move, either.
You may not move forward.
You may not move backward.
From your perspective:
You may not move.
Any distance — at
all.
And.
From my perspective:
I may not move, either.
I may not move forward.
I may not move backward.
From my perspective:
I may not move.
Any distance — at
all.
Yet.
From one perspective:
It may move.
It may move forward.
It may move backward.
From one perspective:
It may move.
Any distance.
So.
From your perspective:
You may move, too.
You may move forward.
You may move backward.
From your perspective:
You may move.
Any distance.
And.
From my perspective:
I may move, too.
I may move forward.
I may move backward.
From my perspective:
I may move.
Any distance.
Yet.
From another perspective:
It may or may not move.
It may or may not move forward.
It may or may not move backward.
From another perspective:
It may or may not move.
Any distance.
So.
From our perspective:
We may or may not move.
We may or may not move forward.
We may or may not move backward.
From our perspective:
We may or may not move.
Any distance — at
all.
Copyright © 2003 by Ted Richer. From The
Writer in the Story and Other Figurations by Ted Richer. Great Britain:
Apocalypse Press, 2003. Used with permission.
