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[enchangement]

the music is gone and with it
the small favors and familiars they brought
do you miss it?
do you miss them?
the colors were brighter
the sounds were louder
and some trick of the mind forgot
we were in a cage
or didn't and just
observed the decorations on the bars

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[circumitus]

thats some interesting poetry.

[enchangement]

"interesting"
the worst compliment
the best curse

[wipedclean]

i didn't like it

[enchangement]

too loud?
what became the embodiment of the familiar?

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[unitas]

It was just another manipulation. Why would anyone miss that?

[enchangement]

some might have appreciated the gifts
some might have appreciated the gesture

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[quaerit]

I miss it. For a while, everything was brighter here
That's better than what usually happens. I suspect Hope, or Delight was behind it
Perhaps both.

Do you miss it?

[enchangement]

the music was
too much at times
amplified by ten and nearly ten again
but Simon had a pig
and it was perfect

[whichend]

It was little more than a jape. Of course it ended.

[enchangement]

if it wasn't, what would have stayed?

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[somuchlove]

I do not miss the music. If this was a mere decoration on the bars then for some it must have worked.

[enchangement]

but not all

private text.

[torrefied]

The chocolate was nice.

private text > ongoing

[enchangement]

agreed.
but they're gone too. why burn the energy for something that won't last?

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[hearthebell]

Usually I'm good at telling the difference between sincerity and performance. Did you write this for entertainment or to seriously pose these questions and spark discussion?

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[enchangement]

like art, intention means nothing when it encounters an audience
what do you need it to be?

telepathy.

[scarletcast]

It felt like a distraction; something may be coming.

telepathy.

[enchangement]

it was _{a distraction} but for us or for ^them?

[hotspurred]

It diverted us. That matters more the longer we are here. Morale is an unceasing battle.

[enchangement]

it is in their best interests if our morale is high
if we are worshipping them
feeding them emotions

[hasitsthorns]

I never forgot. I never will.
Anything nice they give us is gonna be temporary.
That's how it works, I've been through the same song and dance before.
...No pun intended.

[enchangement]

where?

[kickingand]

wouldve been amazed if it lasted. not that i wanted to live in candy land

[enchangement]

too much difficulty. sugar for water is only good when you're ten.

[skelebro]

compelling free verse, 10/10.

is it just me, or do most of the people here have a weird fixation on music?
not that i'm complaining. music's pretty great.

[enchangement]

thank you

music is like mathematics
a foreign language that requires little translation on the surface

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[solvethepuzzle]

Neither liked nor disliked. That is was fleeting was a given.

[enchangement]

this is all new to her

[crowboy]

havin another crow round was nice I'll miss him

[enchangement]

are you the crow from the bar?

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[pellameno]

I'll miss the familiars. Otherwise I knew. That they were just decorations on the bars... and I'm glad for water again.

[enchangement]

the familiars were good
but why not spend the energy
improving things to last?

[hippocratical]

[He texts back, despite their proximity; sometimes, it's the little things that matter. Sending waves back and forth to one another at family dinners on tablets held on laps. Conversations within conversations. Maybe she remembers.]

Do you miss it?

[enchangement]

miss the clothes on the pig

[ She remembers. Layers upon layers. Sometimes their conversations she felt were all that kept her sane at meals with their parents.

Then she learned the true test of her own sanity. ]

would've liked to keep it, and the colored wax for steve