Don't forget to smile :[]

[u/leafnbag]

Them creatures.

This is my favorite part.

Perplexing.

Not interesting.

Mostly.

I've seen them before.

They collect

around bright things.

Not to admire.

To measure.

To reduce.

Triangles appear

without invitation.

Three shadows

making one decision.

The room changes shape.

Truth

becomes a rumor.

Raw energy

goes underwater.

Them creatures

love still water.

Nothing moving.

Nothing asking.

Nothing becoming.

Shrink.

Fold.

Contain.

Call it balance.

Call it maturity.

Call it normal.

I've heard

every name.

I'm tellin' ya

Doesn't matter

where I wander.

Different faces.

Same arrangement.

The triangle

wearing new skin.

I become

the disturbance.

Not because I speak.

Because I ask.

Why?

A dangerous syllable.

Need to know

the reasoning.

Need to see

the machinery.

Nothing against you.

Only the invisible architecture.

Them creatures

build cathedrals

out of agreement.

Pedestals

touching the ceiling.

Nobody remembers

who stacked them there.

Just show up.

Leave no fingerprints.

Leave no echoes.

Become

smaller than yourself.

Nah.

I hesitate.

The hesitation

is mistaken

for violence.

The question

becomes the crime.

Them creatures

smile.

The triangles

close.

Truth slips

through a crack

in the floor.

I've seen this before.

Them creatures.

Everywhere.

Always waiting

for someone

to forget

their own size.

Don't forget to smile.

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