New Rules of Play

Never pin your hopes on a phantom.
Massage your cliff face daily
and oil all squeaking parts.
Walk lightly on the wire of consciousness.
Sweep street smarts to the sidewalk, then run.
Smash ideas into quarters, re-paste at random.
Settle back, arch spine, climb in trunk.
Don’t ever drink absinthe with newsboys.
Sail blithely over open space bars.
Best avoid magnetic socks with steel-toed shoes.
Push and pull with equal frequency on days off.
Rotate memories from basement to attic.
Give fingers names and whisper to them secrets.
Always blink eyes rhythmically to ska.

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