You say to yourself at the first sign of the day, today's not a good day, today's not a good day, today's not a good day, today's not a good day.

It takes this path - incantation, mantra, charm, hex.

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To be the extraordinary glitch in someone's matrix.

And then to realise that that is also a part of the matrix.

There is no glitch, there is no spoon.

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"No text from you for a while means your love life is back on track," he texts me with that steady hand. The words split like a pea pod at the centre, enveloping my night.

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At some point in time, you'll have to bring something to the table. Otherwise it is donation.