PRESENT TENSE

see that shadow on the wall that’s you childhood initiates the child into senses hungers proclivities expectations exhaustions anxieties terrors horrors humors the experience of experiencing all that’s pointed out and then the noisy silent rushes telescoping in and out i.e. stops and starts ruptures and surprises surprise surprise guess what’s inside

this time the instructions read pull out your prize fold and tear your prize here carefully tear out the red and blue striped part of your prize place it between your thumb and index finger gently pinch together to force the prize to bend let go flick it into a cup flick it to make decisions who can flick it farther you or your friend take it outside flick it and watch your prize as it flies out of your hand into the air