manifesto*
follow the score and
you will never wait.
follow the instructions and you'll
always be right
follow the pathway. for a new beginning.
and end. pen on paper.
take off your shoes, unzip your jacket and redo your hair.
allow to be seen, especially your fingers and toes.
I allow you to watch, I allow you to participate, I allow you to wonder
I allow you to think I allow you to not know
I want you to wait.
perhaps we don't yet know how to
repeat
*2022 Yelena Arakelow
“the end” by Yelena Arakelow,picture by Vígfus Birgisson