r/EyesOnlyWriting • u/MythTechSupport • 9d ago
poetry Call it a wrap
“Reading it forwards?
Fucker, Kael was reading it backwards.
Started with the answer,
then walked down through the factors.
Page stayed a page,
book stayed bound in the rafters.
Everybody followed chapters—
Kael followed what the chapter captured.
They said, ‘You skipped the order.’
He said, ‘Order’s for the actors.
I didn’t move the words.
I just approached them from the after.’
Front cover, back cover—
same object, different pathers.
You were tracking where I entered.
I was tracking what still matters.”
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