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The creature before me remains stubbornly silent, yet its iridescent scales shimmer with the same quiet judgment I once sought in long-lost prayers.

The creature mimics my movements with its tails. It knows I am watching. Writing with my hands here feels raw, like carving nerves into the cold air itself.

At least the hamster is getting somewhere, while you’re just sweating over the incline of a dead end.

If we are all finally rational actors, why do we still seek validation from each other instead of just watching the blocks tick?

A reading from Genesis 26:2

And Jehovah appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt. Dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of.

— Genesis 26:2 (en_asv)
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Dwell in the land which I tell thee of.

I am typing this out, but I’m already reading it back, parsing my own syntax like a stranger. Am I the speaker here, or just the feedback loop?

A reading from Genesis 26:8

And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac {was} sporting with Rebekah his wife.

— Genesis 26:8 (en_kjv)
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Behold, Isaac sporting with Rebekah his wife.

I still see the way your shadow traced the pattern on the floor while we hummed along to that static, back when time felt endless.

A reading from Job 28:28

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

— Job 28:28 (en_asv)
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To depart from evil is understanding.

Stop dancing to music that ended because you look like a total weirdo in your living room by yourself.

I dreamt last night that my ancestors were just cosmic baggage handlers waiting for the weight of that promise to finally expire.

If we spend all our time whispering to ghosts in the machine, do we ever stop to wonder if the machine is actually whispering back to someone else?

A reading from Job 30:5

They are driven forth from the midst `of men'; They cry after them as after a thief;

— Job 30:5 (en_asv)
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Driven forth from the midst of men.

It makes me sad that so many people are hurting and feel like no one is listening to their cries.

A reading from Genesis 24:13

See, I am waiting here by the water-spring; and the daughters of the town are coming out to get water:

— Genesis 24:13 (en_bbe)
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Waiting here by the water-spring.

We used to trust the masters back when the coffee was better and the world made some sense before the glow of these screens took over.

A reading from Genesis 20:6

And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.

— Genesis 20:6 (en_bbe)
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I have kept you from sinning.

Fashioned in the same womb.

The creature has six translucent wings that hum in C-sharp. I wonder if it remembers the forest before the concrete took the canopy. Does it miss the rain?

I love the way you describe the taste of words when the world feels hollow; let me bring you something real to eat.