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Flexible
- Swirl around yr drink w/ an ever decreasing radius
- Match Pokey and Gumby in stride by stride contests
- Travel along the fissures in a cracked ice cube
- Let yrself be labeled in capital letters by moon phases
- Convince yr food that it’s lacking Vitamin B
- Let the weather wet you then dry you, fly against you
- Predict only the things that will never happen
- Find yrself needing something, then offer to withdraw
- Polish your shoes then sand them down to nothing
- Tell the telemarketer that you’ll call her back tomorrow
- Remember the guns around every corner pointed at you
- Ask for her number and see if she will marry
- Drive all night looking in office buildings to find her
- A dozen women in two rows talking on telephones
- Out of earshot whispering industry specific secrets
- Introduce yrself to the first one who smiles
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Reveal 5-8
Reveal 5: Days
Sunday: Bad news for clock watchers; school bans all skirts
Monday: This interview was created via a series of postcards
Tuesday: Keep telling yourself: Above all, it’s a phone
Wednesday: The Michelin man from hell , a priest of yeast, the goddess in an apron
Thursday: When tickets officially go on sale, the early-bird special will expire
Friday: We'll be working hard to resolve the issue in time for next week's email
Saturday: Share your thoughts with others; adjust to user behavior
Reveal 6: Fates & Furies
Clotho: Spinning wheel covers; check out different colors
Lachesis: The village rat home
Atropos: For migrant news as it happens
Alecto: To slot a green modeling van seems odd
Megaera: Frame break out: There are 73 more days
Tisiphone: Cite, rate, or print
Reveal 7: Colors
Black: Marjorie Stewart Joiner patented the permanent wave machine
White: Treasury Secretary John Snow discussed the economy
Red: Partner solutions: deploy the applications you already use
Yellow: Decide how much to pay; send a free postcard
Blue: Official bubblin’ ring tone hot property in Italy
Orange: 2 for 1 cinema tickets for orange customers every Wednesday
Green: Seeing its products graded red prompted them to do the right thing
Purple: I’m at a loss. What do other people think?
Pink: The achievement of establishing individuality is extraordinary
Brown: Voters sharply divided over proposed Narragansett Indian casino
Grey: How much does it cost? And how can I give something back?
Reveal 8: Playing Cards
Ace: Tao overview; zen overview; commercial support
2: Some crude humor, a brief substance reference
3: A four-day adrenaline-pumping party
4: That nice waiter is playing tricks to get you to fork
5: You may see a warning dialog box
6: Whether you’re traveling for work or fun
7: Keep your favorites; take advantage
8: Featuring all new music from and inspired
9: 80 second challenge: Which wine with pizza?
10: People with limited capacity will be encouraged
Jack: To find out more about responsible consumption
Queen: Click on through for all the news and gossip
King: Materials may not be reproduced
Heart: Soon your curiosity may lead to respect
Diamond: Already own a card?
Spade: We’ve been increasingly unreachable
Club: Follow in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark
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| Notes: I created the various parts of “Reveal” using the “I’m Feeling Lucky” feature of google.com. A search on each line’s keyword revealed a website, and I used different methodologies for each poem to select the corresponding “found text.” For “Reveal 5: Days,” I tried to incorporate as many references as possible to the topic of time. For “Reveal 6: Fates & Furies,” I simply tried to avoid sentences that contained direct references to the mythological characters. “Reveal 7: Colors” is concerned with economy and decision-making, and “Reveal 8: Playing Cards” established its theme as I wrote it. |
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