Inbogganing

a jacket has three sleeves because we have three arms

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when it’s time for dinner, the sun sets

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if you move slowly enough, you are lapped by the forest

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we buy seats on the plane for our ancestors, sing as we fly through clouds

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they close their eyes on the hilltop. they inboggan

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the deafness of snow, the blindness of fire, the tastelessness of sleep

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no two snowflakes or fingerprints the same; identical days

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there is something tornadoesque in the distance, the horizon like wood grain, or a hairstyle

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do not button the stormcloud coat when you sit in the lightning chair; the rain means that you will be new