San Francisco but there's ninety footnotes

they kicked me out of the academy for posting this

spoilers for 1. San Francisco, don’t read if you want to preserve the mystery

We’re so back¹ and so forth and so
get back jet pack Uber heli strewing seeds²
on the scene and reaping at eighteen³
in the stables⁴ the boy genius⁵
sells, he is⁶ canny⁷
while we’re staring in the serum lost on the maps⁸
yield⁹ to the victors
woe to the still waters¹⁰,
bogs¹¹ gathering moss,
tears in fog.¹²

time to build.¹³
The golden¹⁴ lamb¹⁵ the
Ultimate¹⁶ the alpha¹⁷
the big-Ω¹⁸
bounded below founded to blow¹⁹
behold, a sower²⁰ went out to sow²¹
why? come be²² nurtured.²³
be not afraid of²⁴
Becoming cardboard boxes²⁵ in the sea of NPCs²⁶
i be no²⁷ evil.²⁸
my updog walks the sugondese²⁹ valley³⁰
icup³¹ runneth over.³²

***

I should have been³³ a rustacean³⁴
Grave Alice and laughing Ada³⁵
Rosy and agentic, stalling³⁶ in their cargos,³⁷
the 10xers³⁸³⁹ watch my S⁴⁰ car go⁴¹
Tessy with the credibly neutral⁴² nav⁴³
doing 49⁴⁴ in a 54⁴⁵

Zoom vigils muted sigils in the selegiline⁴⁶
merchants marine clotting⁴⁷ the anthropocene⁴⁸
interpreting⁴⁹ hadalpelagic⁵⁰ dreams⁵¹
drowning will you intervene⁵²

I adversarially⁵³ slouch⁵⁴ I am your
unsafe⁵⁵ reckoning I come second⁵⁶

I longeve⁵⁷ I’m long Eve⁵⁸ I am the
long eve of Now⁵⁹
wow!⁶⁰

***

Lachesis⁶¹ clothes⁶² you in the diamonds subducted from your simian⁶³ creases⁶⁴
the rhesus⁶⁵⁶⁶ swings palm to palm as
Theseus⁶⁷ slings clew⁶⁸ dumps⁶⁹ down the pathways⁷⁰ of Asterion, the starry one⁷¹
Euripides⁷² austere things from me and I’m the sorry one?
Kerberos⁷³⁷⁴ gaslights⁷⁵ Cleopatra
e/acc⁷⁶ queen,⁷⁷ Cleopatra
a stitch in time, Atropos⁷⁸ kills nine⁷⁹, stamps on your lifeline⁸⁰
she can’t trust the process⁸¹ but shein⁸² on⁸³ the joke⁸⁴ ✨💎🙌

***

gn⁸⁵ anon.⁸⁶ pray lay thee down
and on my chain thy soul be bound.⁸⁷
keep cold your gold, your diamonds iced.⁸⁸
keep sound your safe, or pay the price.

let not a soul your secrets take
lest from your dreams, another wake.
my chain is long, and still goes on
and on.⁸⁹ I shall not weep anon.⁹⁰

1

roon @tszzl

sf is so back

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5

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

“A Very Stable Genius!” Thank you.

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85

6529 @punk6529

3/ GN gn means "good night" We say good night to each other because we are a friendly happy optimistic global community and it is nice to say good night to your friends as you end your day (20 hours after you say gm and 4 hours before you say gm again)

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