Jon Woodward

Eight Second Hand Choreography

Dot your own arm

with a stranger’s blemishes

with a borrowed Sharpie

at an audition.

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With a stranger’s blemishes,

forge performative recipes

at an audition

while aping postures and gestures.

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Forge performative recipes

while walking down a simulated corridor w/ someone

while aping postures and gestures

until there’s electricity there.

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While walking down a simulated corridor w/ someone,

stick to the dialogue on the page

until there’s electricity there.

Also, allow there to be chemistry.

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Stick to the dialogue on the page

while secretly force-feeding pre-imagined magpies.

Also, allow there to be chemistry

and push both palms out into some darknesses.

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While secretly force-feeding pre-imagined magpies,

practice the cranial pitch and yaw of the median commentator

and push both palms out into some darknesses,

alighting finally behind someone or in an ant farm.

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Practice the cranial pitch and yaw of the median commentator

while a collection of mantis arms forms,

alighting finally behind someone or in an ant farm

as if jigsawing up a platter of autopopulated keywords.

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While a collection of mantis arms forms,

dot your own arm

as if jigsawing up a platter of autopopulated keywords

with a borrowed Sharpie.