the unplugged commute
the cable is real. the connection is not.
connected to: nothing
a field study
drag his personality onto him
the performative male.
he has not turned the page in forty minutes.
he read the first page in the store.
the tote is for the walk, not the weight.
the earbuds have never been plugged in.
none of it is a lie, exactly.
it's a performance. he's not the only actor.
every cafe has a full house before he opens the door.
the specimens.
hover the evidence
the overstuffed carry
one book in, one book performed.
the blank sleeve
he'll tell you what's on it if you ask.
the strap adjustment
thirty seconds, every doorway, every time.
he is not alone.
a small movement of identical individual taste.
the index.
six questions. watch the number climb.
0/100
0/100
mostly sincere
start from nothing.
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this is affectionate, not cruel.
he knows. that's most of the joke.
if you laughed, you've done the strap adjustment too.