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.