enjoy this Chris Butler writing
in the Scars Publications free 2015 PDF file chapbook: Bummer
(click on the front cover image or the
title text to download the free PDF file)
The Motions
Chris Butler
Going through the motions like bathing in the ocean’s waves, allow the emotional tides of life to wash you away then ashore with the celestial cycles. Every journey is traveled by autopilot coasting on cruise control. In your daily tasks, perform strictly instinctual, habitual rituals, adorned in your gray uniform, marching around as a preprogrammed mechanical man. Picture yourself in a serene place and remain there. Smile politely at everyone you meet, and reactively respond to their inquiries that everything is fine, in order that they won’t request any further replies. Keep your eyes focused only on the earth beneath your feet. Prepare prepackaged, processed, preservative meals. And by the end of each day, make sure to mail it in, just so no one notices that you even exist.
