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    Worldbuilding While U Wait:The Story of the Formation of Our World

    Told in Poetic Form

    By Sally Morem

    A perfect Hindu?What a laughable propositionLet me tell youThe minutiae that man laid on meDrove me crazy

    He would go outAnd amble along the seaside boulevardWhile I hacked awayAt the red tape hamstringing his projects

    ButBeing ThereNo, I really meanReally Being ThereNow thats the trick

    The Buddhists call it mindfulnessSomething that holds no attraction for me at allDrive your mind as hard as possibleGo pedal to the metalBurn rubberPeel and stick karmaOn your rear window

    But Judgment Day had come for ShakuhachiAnd I was glad for himAre we wild, we Americans?I asked him onceHe gave me one of hisImpenetrable answers:Shells curve to infinity.

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    Yeah right, I saidFrom There to FinitudeHe didnt intercept mycinematic jokeBut he caught my meaning just fine

    The galaxy is big, really bigBigger than America, or so it would seem

    Nome, Alaskawouldnt you love to go there?Dearest me!Hands office!(Off ass, wouldnt you know?)I will if you wont

    Shakuhachi told me that in another universeOur cousins faced the 1968 Moon DisasterMade our own 1968 look like the proverbialSunday School picnic by comparison

    Listen, he hissedDo you want to know a secret?NoNeither do I

    The Daughter Skald Satiety SocietyWas very busy trying to put civilizationBack together over in the previouslyMentioned universe

    They established the Geography Cat contestTo help get the link-minds off of theirSelf-induced malaise

    Their New Jazz Quartet helped someBy playing Sole Music ModerneThroughout their officially sanctionedGovernment managed bandwidths

    A spotless Dalmatian asked the CatHow would you know?

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    Runic characters explained howThose other VikingsVisited that other MinnesotaAt the very spot where the other GermansBuilt Nuremberg Lake Catholic ChurchSome 900 years later

    The Cat asked the Dalmatian to playCloak-Dagger-TwigThe Cat lost by drawing TwigAnd returned those mutilatedBorrowed spots

    The Skald Daughters remind usThat even in our universePrecisely = Exactly, with somersaultAndQuasi = WinterUseful things to know

    Snapfinger is my favorite flowerWhats yours?Do you keep it on your stormdeck?

    Before we get carried awayShakuhachi reminded meI say old chapGet the ball right backTheres a dire opening in our offensive line

    Shieldlaw is firm

    In the alternative universeLinklossing, Groundnurse, and PeppersnowWill remainWith but a rosary fragment between themBlessed above all others in that ChurchThe rest of you may go

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    And now, lets all form a long, long, longLine for commencementYou are all ready for the Real World NowThe Real Universe is ready to received youWhatever it takes

    Worldbuilders, dream onThe cynicThe gardnerThe designerThe romanticThe clown

    The sageThe beginner

    O, brave new worldThat has such people int.I like that line.Can one of my characters steal it?

    They muse and grumble and mutterCreatively of courseArguing over the history theyrefashioningSpewing forth important dates:1945177618611917198920012029

    The blue pale scaffoldingOf what once wasAnd still is hoveringOverlooking Shakuhachis Judgment DayHe failed to impress his masters

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    Damocles sword

    SlowlyDescendsOver his neckThe worldbuilders tell him point blankYouve got to get the coastlines rightOr our design simply wont work.

    Dont forget the fake fossilsOr the fake cosmosIt wont do at all to let onAbout Real RealityAnd cattailsThere must be cattails

    He scurries to workRepairing the damage of his inattentionAttention must be paid after allIt earns $5.37 an hour

    Please please me and settle downCommencement commences nowYour graduation project is deemedFully acceptableHighly artisticWholly original

    Glide along nowAccept your diplomasYour parent worldbuildersAre pleased at how wellYouve learned your linesThe fore-ordained picture-taking session

    Will occur in 15 minutesAt the reception in the foyer

    ShakuhachiFades from my sight