Communal Creativity

(align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[(text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:black)[(text-style:"underline")[''Welcome to Communal Creativity: A Game of Poetry'']]] (text-colour:white)+(background:black)[You are a part of a group of storytellers, teaching folks how to speak their stories to life, by telling yours. Today, you must create poetry that empowers the people seen through your mirror. ] (text-colour:white)+(background:black)[//You can do this alone,//] (text-colour:white)+(background:black)[//or with other storytellers//] (text-colour:white)+(background:black)[//by taking turns//] (text-colour:white)+(background:black)[//for each section of poetry.//] (text-colour:#ffe066)[[[Let's Make Magic->Form Selection]]] <div style="text-indent: 2em;"> </div>

What themes are you thinking about (link-rerun:"today")[(dialog: "t", "j")]? * (dialog: "text", "link") (enchant:?passage,(background:(gradient: 0, 0,#80e619,0.5,#19e5e6,1,#19e619))) ___ {(link:"Save game")[ (if:(save-game:"Status Quo"))[ Game saved! ](else: )[ Sorry, I couldn't save your game. ] ]}

(link-goto: "OLD Let's Make Magic", (either: "On Heritage", "On the Status Quo", "Bodily Manifestation", "Spirit of Me")) ___ ___ (link: "Load game")[(either: (load-game:"Status Quo", "Bodily Manifestation", "On Heritage")]

I am the inheritor of (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage1,"soul","survival","prosperity and play","change") of a testament that is both tangible and immaterial, (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On Heritage - Line 2]] ]

yet all just as real as the (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage2,"pain, the violence","thundering rage","all-consuming sense of loss","cycles of tragedy") that has been sown among my communities. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On Heritage - Line 3]]]

It is time to look (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage3,"to my elders","at the stories hidden in our songs","at how we language together","to the lessons of nature") and see all that I descend from, that I might pass down. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On Heritage - Line 4]]]

I know, I know, so much has already been stolen and (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage4A,"destroyed","violated and burned","suffocated in supremacy","arrogantly defiled"); from the (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage4B,"Gods","moving traditions and aspirations","taste and talk") of my ancestors, to the (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage4C,"magic","healing ways","cultural wonder","ferocity","vibrancy of color") of my (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage4D,"melanin","hair","dance and voice","faith","footsteps","clothing, my body"). (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On Heritage - Line 5]]]

But I deserve the feeling of (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage5A,"uninhibited joy","esoteric and wonderful pride","fully-body peace","being divinely uplifted") of (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage5B,"flying along the waves","singing amidst blooming flowers","walking in my wholeness","just laughing","sleepy smiles") like nothing else matters in this world, (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On Heritage - Line 6]]]

because I am the embodiment of all (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage6,"the art made by my ancestors","that is/was gold to my family","we've created from survival","that was poured into me","the things made between community and earth") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On Heritage - Line 7]]]

In this (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage7A,"pride","all-consuming love","mark of protest") I carry in my (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage7B,"skin","roots","scripture of survival") and (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage7C,"the way I do my hair","how I breathe art","my fighting for justice","the knowledge of those before me"), I embrace me and mine, however out of reach it may seem, it is mine. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On Heritage - Line 8]]]

History has already stolen too much (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage8,"color from life","land","expression and jubilation","sound from the soul") for me to lose this too, (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On Heritage - Line 9]]]

the (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage9A,"chosen community","purpose","knowledge of home","wholeness") I have found, that I have (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage9B,"cultivated","learned","come to appreciate","sought to love","finally found") in my (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage9C,"history","heritage","background","now"). (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On Heritage - Line 10]]]

I get to create space in (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage10,"this world","despite of hate","or outside of cruel systems","my cultural traditions","the streets I call home","our beliefs in art") for me to exist, (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On Heritage - Line 11]]]

My (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage11,"expression through my body","style of movement","choice of words","space of peace, of rest,") is not for anyone to alter and change to fit their own needs, it is for me. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Final Line->On Heritage - Line 12]]]

And that's the way I like it, Cause who else will be able to lift up my (dropdown: 2bind $Heritage12,"heritage","identity","right to thrive","strongly-rooted love")the way I can? (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Now to Title->On Heritage - Title]]]

Title your work. On Heritage (input-box:2bind $HeritageTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work, Alive->On Heritage - Final]]]

(text-colour:white)+(background:(hsl:31,1,0.651,0.45))[=//''On Heritage - $HeritageTitle ''// I am the inheritor of $Heritage1, of a testament that is both tangible and immaterial, yet all just as real as the $Heritage2 that has been sown among my communities. It is time to look $Heritage3 and see all that I descend from, that I might pass down. I know, I know, so much has already been stolen and $Heritage4A; from the $Heritage4B of my ancestors, to the $Heritage4C in my $Heritage4D. But I deserve the feeling of $Heritage5A, of $Heritage5B like nothing else matters in this world, because I am the embodiment of all $Heritage6. In this $Heritage7A I carry in my $Heritage7B and $Heritage7C, I embrace me and mine, however out of reach it may seem, it is mine. History has already stolen too much $Heritage8 for me to lose this too, the $Heritage9A I have found, that I have $Heritage9B in my $Heritage9C. I get to create space in $Heritage10 for me to exist, My $Heritage11 is not for anyone to alter and change to fit their own needs, it is for me. And that’s the way I like it, Cause who else will be able to lift up my $Heritage12 the way I can? (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

Must we simply flow with the status quo? Whatever happened to subverting it, the way so many (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo1A,"Black souls","Women","Indigenous peoples","Latine folks","Trans lives","Queer beings","Oppressed spirits","Disabled communities", "Asian families", "Immigrant households") have done in my history, in the way so many more will (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo1B,"continue to subvert things so","shape the world for themselves","build community outside of oppression","create new worlds beyond bigotry","unsettle abusive institutions","restabilize the people around","tell stories that shake the earth","bring waves of empowerment with them") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On the Status Quo - Line 2]]]

How can we say we (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo2A,"value Black lives","protect Asian homes","care for queer kids","believe in women","empower the oppressed","respect Latine heritage","stand for trans communities","honor Indigenous traditions","understand disabled people","fight for immigrants") but then forget? All the (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo2B,"melanin","languages","survival","histories","battles","mythologies","sounds","scenery") the (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo2C,"damaging systems","stolen lands","generational traumas","silenced tongues","everyday dehumanization","sacrilege","multi-faceted violences","untold stories") we come from? (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On the Status Quo - Line 3]]]

(text-colour:#FF2400)+(background:(hsl:210,0.1395,0.8314,0.55))[=//''On the Status Quo - $StatusQuoTitle ''// Must we simply flow with the status quo? Whatever happened to subverting it, the way so many $StatusQuo1A have done in my history, in the way so many more will $StatusQuo1B? How can we say we $StatusQuo2A but then forget? All the $StatusQuo2B, the $StatusQuo2C, we come from? Is it all so corporeal that $StatusQuo3A is the only thing possible, the thing we have to put faith in despite how it $StatusQuo3B so much? To maintain what is instead of what could be, $StatusQuo4A, $StatusQuo4B, $StatusQuo4C. It feels like we’re comparing the hollow orange shell to the rotten apple, though it might not “look” as bad, both oughta be thrown in the compost, this $StatusQuo5A kept alive by ignoring the $StatusQuo5B waged upon us. But how do we regain the $StatusQuo6A lost in such a toxic homeostasis and teach $StatusQuo6B the lessons in $StatusQuo6C we were deprived of for so long? Is my $StatusQuo6D definitional to the subversion of “normalcy” and $StatusQuo6E? For the sake of my $StatusQuo7A, I want to remember the $StatusQuo7B, to make sure we never forget what we’ve inherited, so we know all of what we have to $StatusQuo7C the “normal” placed against us. (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

Title your work. On the Status Quo (input-box:2bind $StatusQuoTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work, Alive->On the Status Quo - Final]]]

Is it all so corporeal that (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo3A,"prison and the grave","my nothingness","the appropriation of our humanity","the loss of our culture","uncared bodies and minds","the desecration of our spaces","the erasure of my presence","colonialism in all its forms","abuse before healing") is the only thing possible, the thing we have to put faith in despite how it (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo3B,"maims and destroys","steals community resources","harms the downtrodden","ends stories before they begin","deprives our peoples of","assaults dissidents","strips the world of","wants and demands power and blood") so much? (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On the Status Quo - Line 4]]]

To maintain what is instead of what could be, (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo4A,"brutal policing","the preaching of hate","the maligning of innocents with fear itself") (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo4B,"the scarring of nature itself","entitlement over all that exists","the lack of space for growth") (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo4C,"the divesting from the learning","the neglect of our bodies","healing that retraumatizes") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On the Status Quo - Line 5]]]`

It feels like we're comparing the hollow orange shell to the rotten apple, though it might not "look" as bad, both ought be thrown in the compost, this (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo5A,"messed-up history","lack of accountability","destruction of communities","war against the discriminated","blasphemy upon our rituals") kept alive by ignoring the (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo5B,"colonialism","white supremacy","patriarchy","ableism","heterosexism","capitalism") waged upon us. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On the Status Quo - Line 6]]]

But how do we regain the (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo6A,"healing","sense of peace","joyful tears","celebration and rest","unburdened spirits","magic in play") lost in such a toxic homeostasis and teach (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo6B,"our youth","the community","future generations","ourselves","the heart","the sky and land and seas") the lessons in (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo6C,"carefree joy","exploration","song and soul","movement","a whispered and screaming love","connection","the honoring of those lost") we were deprived of for so long? Is my (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo6D,"art","protest","decision to laugh","continued existence","resting with community","moving with pride") definitional to the subversion of "normalcy" and (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo6E,"colonialism","white supremacy","patriarchy","ableism","heterosexism","capitalism") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Final Line->On the Status Quo - Line 7]]]

For the sake of my (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo7A,"own spirit","future children","fellow beings of community","faith in art","relationship with the world"), I want to remember the (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo7B,"complications in history","souls we lost","countless stories that remain untold","people still with us","ways in which we survived","creations and theories of everything","moments where joy was all that mattered") to make sure we never forget what we've inherited, so we know all of what we have to (dropdown: 2bind $StatusQuo7C,"counter","hold strong against","steadily dismantle","transform in our self-image","endure beyond","memorialize in the face of") the "normal" placed against us. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Now to Title->On the Status Quo - Title]]]

(saved-games:"On Heritage") (saved-games:"Status Quo") (saved-games:"Bodily Manifestation") [[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]

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Title your work. Bodily Manifestation (input-box:2bind $BodyManifestTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work, Alive->Bodily Manifestation - Final]]]

(text-colour:#74b816)+(background:(hsl:210,0.1379,0.8863,0.3))[=''//Bodily Manifestation - $BodyManifestTitle //'' It is truly a wonderful thing, seeing how my identity is displayed by my body. $BodyManifest1 $BodyManifest2 $BodyManifest3 $BodyManifest4 $BodyManifest5 $BodyManifest6 $BodyManifest7 $BodyManifest8 $BodyManifest9 $BodyManifest10 $BodyManifest11 $BodyManifest12 $BodyManifest13 $BodyManifest14 $BodyManifest15 $BodyManifest16 $BodyManifest17 (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

Prompt: Fact about the spirit of self. (input-box:2bind $MeSpirit1,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Spirit of Me - Line 2]]]

Prompt: (link-rerun:"Metaphor")[(dialog:"Metaphors are a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using *like* or *as*. *Example: She was my sun. He was the black sheep of the school.*", "Close")] relating to spirit in fact. (input-box:2bind $MeSpirit2,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Spirit of Me - Line 3]]]

Prompt: (link-rerun:"Personification")[(dialog:"Personification is when a non-human thing/entity is given human attributes and/or feelings. *Example: The warriors became lions. She was a bear in her den.*", "Close")] of aforementioned spirit. (input-box:2bind $MeSpirit3,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Spirit of Me - Line 4]]]

Prompt: Action within the object of note. (input-box:2bind $MeSpirit4,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Spirit of Me - Line 5]]]

Prompt: Restatement of fact about spirit of self (phrased differently). (input-box:2bind $MeSpirit5,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Spirit of Me - Line 6]]]

Prompt: (link-rerun:"Simile")[(dialog:"Similes are figures of speech where two dissimilar things are compared using *like* or *as*. *Example: They were sly as a fox. It was unmoving like the distant mountains.*", "Close")] about fact in relation to plantlife. (input-box:2bind $MeSpirit6,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Spirit of Me - Line 7]]]

Prompt: (link-rerun:"Anachronism")[(dialog:"Anachronism is bringing an object or idea out of time/place. *Example: Driving cars in ancient Japan. Watching the Great Pyramids of Egypt being built on live TV.*", "Close")] of fact connecting self to the past. (input-box:2bind $MeSpirit7,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Spirit of Me - Line 8]]]

Prompt: Concision - Spirit of self in a single word. (input-box:2bind $MeSpirit8,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Spirit of Me - Line 9]]]

Prompt: (link-rerun:"Juxtaposition")[(dialog:"Placing two things/entities side-by-side for dramatic or ironic contrast. *Example: love and hate, colorful and monotone*", "Close")] - What have you heard in detest of your spirit of self? (input-box:2bind $MeSpirit9,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Spirit of Me - Line 10]]]

Prompt: (link-rerun:"Contrast")[(dialog:"Contrast involves bringing two objects in opposition of each other to highlight differences. *Example: He was kind, she was not; she was cruel. If someone detested your spirit, who loved it?*", "Close")] - Who has said something in favor of that spirit of self? (input-box:2bind $MeSpirit10,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Spirit of Me - Line 14]]]

Prompt: "I am" statement relating to the spirit of self. (input-box:2bind $MeSpirit14,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Final Line->Spirit of Me - Line 15]]]

Prompt: If you've any other words, add them now. If nothing, add a period (.) or a space. (input-box:2bind $MeSpirit15,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Now to Title->Spirit of Me - Title]]]

Title your work. Spirit of Me (input-box:2bind $MeSpiritTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work, Alive->Spirit of Me - Final]]]

(text-colour:yellow)[''//Spirit of Me - $MeSpiritTitle //'' $MeSpirit1 $MeSpirit2 $MeSpirit3 $MeSpirit4 $MeSpirit5 $MeSpirit6 $MeSpirit7 $MeSpirit8 $MeSpirit9 $MeSpirit10 $MeSpirit1 $MeSpirit5 $MeSpirit8 $MeSpirit14 $MeSpirit15] (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

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Let's Make Magic >>> Choose a form >>> Descrip of Forms How would you like to tell your stories with the community? "Multiple choice" (Easy; Search a pool of words for your story.) Fill in the blanks (Medium 1; Complete a partially-told story using your own words.) Prompts (Medium 2; Follow the instructions necessary for churning magic from your story.) Free-form (Hard; Within the confines of space, tell your story.) Mixtures (to be sorted --> Probably into prompts) And then on those pages, users choose a subject

//''How would you like to tell your story?''// (text-colour:#ffe066)[//(A "Next Line" hyperlink will appear shortly after you open each section, click it when you are ready to move forward on this journey of language.) //] (text-colour:white)[[[(Easy) Multiple choice->Multiple choice]]] - Search a pool of words for your story. (Complete the poem by selecting from pre-writen options.) (text-colour:white)[[[(Medium) Fill in the blanks->Fill in the blanks]]] - Complete a partially-told story using your own words. (Write in whatever you desire to complete the poem, "Mad Libs style.") (text-colour:white)[[[(Hard) Prompts->Prompts]]] - Follow the instructions necessary for churning magic from your story. (Respond to the prompts provided to write your own poem.) (text-colour:white)[[[(Challenge) Free-form->Free-form]]] - Within the confines of space, tell your story. (With a title/theme and a starting line provided, write whatever you wish to create the poem.) (enchant:?page,(text-colour:black)+(background:#fa5252))

Here, you'll be telling a story or perspective by choosing details from a list of options provided for the given lines. Themes are below. (text-color:#ced4da)[ (background:#087f5b)[[[On the Status Quo->On the Status Quo - Line 1]]] (background:#087f5b)[[[On Heritage->On Heritage - Line 1]]] (background:#087f5b)[[[Change & Ecology->Ecology - Line 1]]] (background:#087f5b)[[[The Place of Protest->Protest - L1]]] (background:#087f5b)[[[On a History both Metaphysical and Material->History - L1]]] ]

Like Mad Libs^^®^^, you will craft your tale from pre-provided language. Themes are below. (text-colour:#f76707) [(background:black)[[[Every Death, Every Star-> Death/Star - L1]]] (background:black)[[[My Tongue-> My Tongue - L1]]] (background:black)[[[What power is all about-> AboutPower - L1]]] (background:black)[[[A Reimagining-> Reimagine - L1]]] (background:black)[[[Our Battles for Contentment-> Battles - L1]]] ]

(align:"<==")+(box:"=X")[(text-colour:black)[You will be asked to provide a line or two in response to each line prompt as it relates to the given theme/title.]] (align:"<==")+(box:"=XX=")[(text-colour:black)[Themes are below.] (text-color:#be4bdb)[ (background:#ced4da)[[[Spirit of Me-> Spirit of Me - Line 1]]] (background:#ced4da)[[[Surviving a System-> Surviving a System - Line 1]]] (background:#ced4da)[[[The Elements of My Experience-> ExpElements - L1]]] (background:#ced4da)[[[On My Hair->On My Hair - L1]]] (background:#ced4da)[[[Re-Learning Myself-> Relearn - L1]]] ]]

You will be provided a limited number of lines to tell your story based on the given theme and starting line. Themes are below. (text-colour:#fab005)[ (background:#364fc7)[ [[Bodily Manifestation]]] (background:#364fc7)[ [[Community and Me]]] (background:#364fc7)[ [[The Religion within Me]]] (background:#364fc7)[ [[Coping with Mind Hurt]]] (background:#364fc7)[ [[Speaking of Interpersonal & Multi-Structural Violences]]] ]

Prompt: Place or system that is (link-rerun:"trauma")[(dialog:"Trauma is a strong emotional response to a past event or experience. *Example: Colorist bullying, assault, loss.*", "Close")] for you. (input-box:2bind $SysSurvive1,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Surviving a System - Line 2]]]

Prompt: How you coped with that place or system. (input-box:2bind $SysSurvive2,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Surviving a System - Line 3]]]

Prompt: What that act of coping means for you now. (input-box:2bind $SysSurvive3,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Surviving a System - Line 4]]]

Prompt: (link-rerun:"Metaphor")[(dialog:"Metaphors are a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using *like* or *as*. *Example: She was my sun. He was the black sheep of the school.*", "Close")] about the place or system you survived. (input-box:2bind $SysSurvive4,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Surviving a System - Line 5]]]

Prompt: (link-rerun:"Simile")[(dialog:"Similes are figures of speech where two dissimilar things are compared using *like* or *as*. *Example: They were sly as a fox. It was unmoving like the distant mountains.*", "Close")] (connected to previous metaphor) about what you are because of, or despite, that place or system. (input-box:2bind $SysSurvive5,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Surviving a System - Line 6]]]

Prompt: Statement honoring those who could not endure the place or system. (input-box:2bind $SysSurvive6,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Surviving a System - Line 7]]]

Prompt: What could have resolved the metaphor of the traumatic place or system (to support you). (input-box:2bind $SysSurvive7,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Surviving a System - Line 8]]]

Prompt: (link-rerun:"Imagery")[(dialog:"Imagery is the use of language to bring sensory life to words. *Painting a picture with words* or engaging the five senses (taste, sight, touch, smell, sound). *Example: My bed was lushness upon my skin, and the sheets felt of silk. My brother's kitchen always smells of burnt cookies.*", "Close")] of your dream for the place or system. (input-box:2bind $SysSurvive8,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Final Line->Surviving a System - Line 9]]]

Prompt: What you think when you hear the word "survival." (input-box:2bind $SysSurvive9,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Now to Title->Surviving a System - Title]]]

Title your work. Surviving a System (input-box:2bind $SysSurviveTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work, Alive->Surviving a System - Final]]]

(text-colour:#DC143C)+(background:(hsl:210,0.1667,0.9529,0.55))[= //''Surviving a System - $SysSurviveTitle ''// $SysSurvive1 $SysSurvive2 $SysSurvive3 $SysSurvive4 $SysSurvive5 $SysSurvive6 $SysSurvive7 $SysSurvive8 $SysSurvive9 (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

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(input-box:2bind $MeCommunity3,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Community and Me - Line 4]] ]

(input-box:2bind $MeCommunity4,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Community and Me - Line 5]] ]

(input-box:2bind $MeCommunity5,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Community and Me - Line 6]] ]

(input-box:2bind $MeCommunity6,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Community and Me - Line 7]] ]

(input-box:2bind $MeCommunity7,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Community and Me - Line 8]] ]

(input-box:2bind $MeCommunity8,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Community and Me - Line 9]] ]

(input-box:2bind $MeCommunity9,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Community and Me - Line 10]] ]

(input-box:2bind $MeCommunity10,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Community and Me - Line 11]] ]

(input-box:2bind $MeCommunity11,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Final Line->Community and Me - Line 12]] ]

(input-box:2bind $MeCommunity12,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Now to Title->Community and Me - Title]] ]

Title your work. Community and Me (input-box:2bind $MeCommunityTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work, Alive->Community and Me - Final]]]

(text-colour:purple)+(background:(hsl:210,0.1667,0.9529,0.3))[=''//Community and Me - $MeCommunityTitle //'' In this community of mine, I have found so much more of me. $MeCommunity1 $MeCommunity2 $MeCommunity3 $MeCommunity4 $MeCommunity5 $MeCommunity6 $MeCommunity7 $MeCommunity8 $MeCommunity9 $MeCommunity10 $MeCommunity11 $MeCommunity12 (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

I was only (input-box:2bind $DeathStar1A,"=XX=") when I learned of death, and (input-box:2bind $DeathStar1B, "=XX=") when I saw just how preferential the Grim Reaper is. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Death/Star - L2]] ]

That Grim Reaper, know by names such as (input-box:2bind $DeathStar2A,"=XX=") or (input-box:2bind $DeathStar2B, "=XX=") ripped a body by the name of (input-box:2bind $DeathStar2C, "=XX=") from its roots and casted it deep into the earth, to become soil and dust once more. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Death/Star - L3]] ]

When did death become a thing filled with such (input-box:2bind $DeathStar3A,"=XX=") Where communities once came together to (input-box:2bind $DeathStar3B, "=XX=") now they must (input-box:2bind $DeathStar3C, "=XX=") because of the (input-box:2bind $DeathStar3D, "=XX=") intertwined with death. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Death/Star - L4]] ]

I know the flora and fauna come and go as the seasons do, but to see burials by unnatural means, by systemically-defended (input-box:2bind $DeathStar4,"=XX=") is sombering. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Death/Star - L5]] ]

In some stories, the dead becomes stars, (input-box:2bind $DeathStar5A,"=XX=") But could they become asteroids, (input-box:2bind $DeathStar5B, "=XX=") or maybe even (input-box:2bind $DeathStar5C, "=XX=") Could you imagine? (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Death/Star - L6]] ]

Every name; (input-box:2bind $DeathStar6A,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $DeathStar6B, "=XX=") (input-box:2bind $DeathStar6C, "=XX=") so many, all that they were, joining the (input-box:2bind $DeathStar6D, "=XX=") for simply (input-box:2bind $Death6E, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Final Line->Death/Star - L7]] ]

And isn't that something? How (input-box:2bind $DeathStar7A,"=XX=") It is all I can do to (input-box:2bind $DeathStar7B, "=XX=") when I think about those stars, about how unjust death turns out to be, when the ones dying look like (input-box:2bind $DeathStar7C, "=XX=") All the stars are beautiful, but the way they are born is (input-box:2bind $DeathStar7D, "=XX=") just as we die (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Now to Title->Death/Star - Title]] ]

Title your work. Every Death, Every Star (input-box:2bind $DeathStarTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work, Alive->Death/Star - Final]]]

(text-colour:#fcc419)[//''Every Death, Every Star - $DeathStarTitle ''// I was only $DeathStar1A when I learned of death, and $DeathStar1B when I saw just how preferential the Grim Reaper is. That Grim Reaper, known by names such as $DeathStar2A or $DeathStar2B, ripped a body by the name of $DeathStar2C from its roots and casted it deep into earth, to become soil and dust once more. When did death become a thing filled with such $DeathStar3A? Where communities once came together to $DeathStar3B, now they must $DeathStar3C because of the $DeathStar3D intertwined with death. I know the flora and fauna come and go as the seasons do, but to see burials by unnatural means, by systemically-defended $DeathStar4 is sombering. In some stories, the dead become stars, $DeathStar5A. But could they become asteroids, $DeathStar5B, or maybe even $DeathStar5C? Could you imagine? Every name; $DeathStar6A, $DeathStar6B, $DeathStar6C, so many, all that they were, joining the $DeathStar6D for simply $DeathStar6E. And isn’t that something? How $DeathStar7A. It is all I can do to $DeathStar7B when I think about those stars, about how unjust death turns out to be, when the ones dying look like $DeathStar7C. All the stars are beautiful, but the way they are born is $DeathStar7D, just as we die. ] (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

When I look upon myself, I think of my status as living, and my position as learning. [[Next Line->ExpElements - L2]]

What my cultural background has taught me. (input-box:2bind $ExpElements1A,"=XX=") What I know about the way the world treats my heritage. (input-box:2bind $ExpElements1B,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->ExpElements - L3]]]

The ways my family survived. (input-box:2bind $ExpElements2A,"=XX=") How I was positioned to rise or fall. (input-box:2bind $ExpElements2B,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->ExpElements - L4]]]

How I learned gender. (input-box:2bind $ExpElements3A,"=XX=") What that gender has meant. (input-box:2bind $ExpElements3B,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->ExpElements - L5]]]

What my heart knows of love and desire, (input-box:2bind $ExpElements4A,"=XX=") and of hate and violence. (input-box:2bind $ExpElements4B,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->ExpElements - L6]]]

The meaning of the language(s) taught to me. (input-box:2bind $ExpElements5A,"=XX=") The lineage of the words I know and hear. (input-box:2bind $ExpElements5B,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->ExpElements - L7]]]

The homeland I know (not) of. (input-box:2bind $ExpElements6A,"=XX=") The unity and divide in the geography traveled. (input-box:2bind $ExpElements6B,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->ExpElements - L8]]]

What illness means for me in my society. (input-box:2bind $ExpElements7A,"=XX=") How my body transforms my perception. (input-box:2bind $ExpElements7B,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->ExpElements - L9]]]

The ways in which my beliefs move me. (input-box:2bind $ExpElements8A,"=XX=") And what, if anything, moves against me. (input-box:2bind $ExpElements8B,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->ExpElements - L10]]]

The ways in which each of my identities know me. (input-box:2bind $ExpElements9A,"=XX=") How those identities come together in the world. (input-box:2bind $ExpElements9B,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->ExpElements - L11]]]

What the world knows of me. (input-box:2bind $ExpElements10A,"=XX=") How my experience shall change it. (input-box:2bind $ExpElements10B,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Final Line->ExpElements - L12]]]

I may only be one person, but I am a product of all that has come before me, and we who come from convergence are known to shift worlds with our experiences. [[Now to Title->ExpElements - Title]]

Title your work. The Elements of My Experience (input-box:2bind $ExpElementsTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work, Alive->ExpElements - Final]]]

(text-colour:red)+(background:(hsl:187,0.7386,0.6549,0.45))[= //''The Elements of My Experience - $ExpElementsTitle ''// When I look upon myself, I think of my status as living, and my position as learning. $ExpElements1A $ExpElements1B $ExpElements2A $ExpElements2B $ExpElements3A $ExpElements3B $ExpElements4A $ExpElements4B $ExpElements5A $ExpElements5B $ExpElements6A $ExpElements6B $ExpElements7A $ExpElements7B $ExpElements8A $ExpElements8B $ExpElements9A $ExpElements9B $ExpElements10A $ExpElements10B I may only be one person, but I am a product of all that has come before me, and we who come from convergence are known to shift worlds with our experiences. (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

(input-box:2bind $Religionwithin1,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Religionwithin - L2]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Religionwithin2,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Religionwithin - L3]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Religionwithin3,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Religionwithin - L4]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Religionwithin4,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Religionwithin5,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Religionwithin - L5]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Religionwithin6,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Religionwithin7,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Religionwithin8,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Religionwithin - L6]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Religionwithin9,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Religionwithin10,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Religionwithin - L7]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Religionwithin11,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Final Line->Religionwithin - L8]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Religionwithin12,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Now to Title->Religionwithin - Title]] ]

Title your work. My Cosmic Centre (input-box:2bind $ReligionwithinTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work, Alive->Religionwithin - Final]] ]

(text-colour:white)+(background:(hsl:24,0.9449,0.498,0.6))[= ''//The Religion within Me - $ReligionwithinTitle //'' At my cosmic center is a way of living that allows me to become one with that which I believe in. $Religionwithin1 $Religionwithin2 $Religionwithin3 $Religionwithin4 $Religionwithin5 $Religionwithin6 $Religionwithin7 $Religionwithin8 $Religionwithin9 $Religionwithin10 $Religionwithin11 $Religionwithin12 (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

My hair is ... //(link-rerun:"Metaphor")[(dialog:"Metaphors are a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using *like* or *as*. *Example: She was my sun. He was the black sheep of the school.*", "Close")] about hair and a value of your culture.// (input-box:2bind $OnMyHair1,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On My Hair - L2]]]

As a child ... //Positive hair-related memory// (input-box:2bind $OnMyHair2,"=XX=") as a symbol of my royalty. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On My Hair - L3]]]

I didn't know ... //Something that "younger you" did not know about your hair.// (input-box:2bind $OnMyHair3A,"=XX=") but it was still an empyrean sorcery that //What your hair did for you.// (input-box:2bind $OnMyHair3B, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On My Hair - L4]] ]

Knowing all this, I have witnessed blasphemy cast upon my crown, the unwarranted //"Action"(link-rerun:"microaggression")[(dialog:"Microaggressions are indirect and/or subtle forms of discrimination against marginalized populations. *Example: Commenting on a non-white person's use of Dominant American English. Trying to remove a hijabi's religious covering.*", "Close")] against your hair.// (input-box:2bind $OnMyHair4A,"=XX=") when I hear //"Spoken" microaggression against your hair.// (input-box:2bind $OnMyHair4B, "=XX=") the way My hair is ... //"Institutional policies and attitudes against your hair.// (input-box:2bind $OnMyHair4C,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On My Hair - L5]] ]

To attempt harm upon this scalp is ... //Type of offense.// (input-box:2bind $OnMyHair5A,"=XX=") you simply can't //Type of harm.// (input-box:2bind $OnMyHair5B,"=XX=") the way my hair moves, (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On My Hair - L6]] ]

for this texture, this color, it is all ... //(link-rerun:"Personification")[(dialog:"Personification is when a non-human thing/entity is given human attributes and/or feelings. *Example: The warriors became lions. She was a bear in her den.*", "Close")] of good trait(s) of hair.// (input-box:2bind $OnMyHair6A,"=XX=") and exemplification of //Personification of cultural value.// (input-box:2bind $OnMyHair6B,"=XX=") with the way it //(link-rerun:"Onomatopoeia")[(dialog:"Onomatopoeia is effectively a word that imitates the sound of a thing, a sound effect. *Example: Animal sounds like 'meow' or 'tweet tweet'. Bam/Pop/Slap! Rustling leaves and buzzing insects.*", "Close")] of hair movement and/or sound.// (input-box:2bind $OnMyHair6C,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->On My Hair - L7]] ]

//Cultural saying of significance to you.// (input-box:2bind $OnMyHair7A,"=XX=") and my hair //Connection of hair with above saying.// (input-box:2bind $OnMyHair7B,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Final Line->On My Hair - L8]] ]

To profane on this scalp is to be ... //Negative thing for you.// (input-box:2bind $OnMyHair8,"=XX=") And who would dare commit desecration upon this throne I wear? (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Now to Title->On My Hair - Title]] ]

Title your work. On My Hair (input-box:2bind $OnMyHairTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work, Alive->On My Hair - Final]] ]

(text-colour:#cc5de8)[''//On My Hair - $OnMyHairTitle //'' My hair is $OnMyHair1. As a child, $OnMyHair2, a symbol of my royalty. I didn’t know $OnMyHair3A, but it was still an empyrean sorcery that $OnMyHair3B. Knowing all this, I have witnessed blasphemy cast upon my crown, the unwarranted $OnMyHair4A when I hear “$OnMyHair4B” the way $OnMyHair4C. To attempt harm upon this scalp is $OnMyHair5A, you simply can’t $OnMyHair5B the way my hair moves, for this texture, this color, it is all $OnMyHair6A and exemplification of $OnMyHair6B with the way it $OnMyHair6C. $OnMyHair7A and my hair $OnMyHair7B. To profane on this scalp is to be $OnMyHair8. And who would dare commit desecration upon this throne I wear? ] (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

The ripples in the waves represent how our words, however small they may be, (input-box:2bind $MyTongue1,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->My Tongue - L2]] ]

In my words flow a history of (input-box:2bind $MyTongue2A,"=XX=") and (input-box:2bind $MyTongue2B,"=XX=") where I find my tongue shifting its own tides just as (input-box:2bind $MyTongue2C,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->My Tongue - L3]] ]

There is (input-box:2bind $MyTongue3A,"=XX=") in the language I speak, which (input-box:2bind $MyTongue3B,"=XX=") the words of my forebears. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->My Tongue - L4]] ]

Each new generation of sea life changes the water they swim, as do we who speak in waves, filling our speech with (input-box:2bind $MyTongue4A,"=XX=") and our writing with (input-box:2bind $MyTongue4B,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->My Tongue - L5]] ]

In our dialects, we become tributaries to the river that is (input-box:2bind $MyTongue5A,"=XX=") The way our words cascade from our bodies, (input-box:2bind $MyTongue5B,"=XX=") it reminds me of the small stream becoming one with the ocean, (input-box:2bind $MyTongue5C,"=XX=") and all. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->My Tongue - L6]] ]

(input-box:2bind $MyTongue6A,"=XX=") or as we call it, (input-box:2bind $MyTongue6B,"=XX=") in its full (input-box:2bind $MyTongue6C,"=XX=") is the magnificence of a sunset glancing over the tiny swells of a watery landscape. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->My Tongue - L7]] ]

In that oceanic landscape, sometimes the currents change, as does (input-box:2bind $MyTongue7A,"=XX=") for (input-box:2bind $MyTongue7B,"=XX=") The waters shift to survive, (input-box:2bind $MyTongue7C,"=XX=") and so we do the same with our language. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->My Tongue - L8]] ]

And although some may seek to poison our earthly reservoirs by (input-box:2bind $MyTongue8A,"=XX=") or (input-box:2bind $MyTongue8B,"=XX=") I know that my tongue tastes of a (input-box:2bind $MyTongue8C,"=XX=") vernacular, of (input-box:2bind $MyTongue8D,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Final Line->My Tongue - L9]] ]

When blessed with such words, of course (input-box:2bind $MyTongue9,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Now to Title->My Tongue - Title]] ]

Title your work. My Tongue (input-box:2bind $MyTongueTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work Alive->My Tongue - Final]]]

(text-colour:#C4A484)[//''My Tongue - $MyTongueTitle ''// The ripples in the waves represent how our words, however small they may be, $MyTongue1. In my words flow a history of $MyTongue2A and $MyTongue2B, where I find my tongue shifting its own tides just as $MyTongue2C. There is $MyTongue3A in the language I speak, which $MyTongue3B the words of my forebears. Each new generation of sea life changes the waters they swim, as do we who speak in waves, filling our speech with $MyTongue4A and our writing with $MyTongue4B. In our dialects, we become tributaries to the river that is $MyTongue5A. The way our words cascade from our bodies, $MyTongue5B, it reminds me of the small stream becoming one with the ocean, $MyTongue5C and all. $MyTongue6A, or as we call it, $MyTongue6B, in its full $MyTongue6C is the magnificence of a sunset glancing over the tiny swells of a watery landscape. In that oceanic landscape, sometimes the currents change, as does $MyTongue7A, for $MyTongue7B. The waters shift to survive, $MyTongue7C, and so we do the same with our language. And although some may seek to poison our earthly reservoirs by $MyTongue8A or $MyTongue8B, I know that my tongue tastes of a $MyTongue8C vernacular, of $MyTongue8D. When blessed with such words, of course $MyTongue9. ] (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

<a href="#">[[Twitter->https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=<twitter.com>&text=<your message>&via=<TyKyWrites>&hashtags=<communalcreativity>]]</a> https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=<twitter.com>&text=<your message>&via=<TyKyWrites>&hashtags=<communalcreativity> <a href="#">[(b4r:"double")+(b4r-size:2,1.5)+(b4r-colour:white)[(text-colour:blue)+(background:white)[Share to Twitter]]]</a> (page-url:Your Code Here) (open-url: (link: "Head to Twitter")[https://twitter.com/intent/tweet']) [[Head to Twitter->https://twitter.com/intent/tweet]] [[Tee->http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I%20wrote%20a%20poem%20through%20Communal%20Creativity%3A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fitch.io%2F&via=communalcreativity]] [Tee->http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I%20wrote%20a%20poem%20through%20Communal%20Creativity%3A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fitch.io%2F&via=communalcreativity] I%20wrote%20a%20poem%20through%20Communal%20Creativity http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=How%20To%20Create%20Pre-written%20Tweets%3A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fow.ly/a3CfV%2F&via=hatchsteph To break this down: everything between angle brackets (“less than” and “greater than” signs) you’ll replace with your own values. (Don’t include the angle brackets!) To get technical, every item that appears after a question mark (?) or ampersand (&) is a query parameter, or a key/value pair through which you submit information to Twitter’s API. Twitter knows that whatever value you submit for “url” is the URL of the thing being shared, for example, and whatever value you supply for “text” is the message you want in the tweet. If you read through the API documentation, you’ll see that the values for url and text need to be URL-encoded, which means special characters that have a particular meaning to web server software are transformed so they’re not misinterpreted. This might sound complicated, but worry not, because reading this explanation is the hard part. It’s easy to find a URL encoding tool that will do this for you. Copy your URL or text, paste it into the tool, hit “encode” et voila, you’re ready to copy the encoded result and paste it into your share url as a parameter value. The “via” and “hashtags” parameters are optional, but if you want to get a Twitter notification when somebody shares your Twine game, be sure to include your Twitter handle! (Note: The @ and # signs are not required here; Twitter will add them for you.)

(link: "(text-colour:blue)+(background:white)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")] (page-url:Your Code Here) ?text=How%20To%20Create%20Pre-written%20Tweets%3A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fow.ly/a3CfV%2F&via=hatchsteph I%20wrote%20a%20poem%20through%20Communal%20Creativity%3A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fitch.io%2F&via=communalcreativity

Power is an ... interesting thing, a thing that (input-box:2bind $AboutPower1,"=XX=") within (link-rerun:"systems")[(dialog:"Systems refers to the groups and institutions that one deals with in life. *Examples: Family household, school, healthcare, the streets.*", "Close")], (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->AboutPower - L2]] ]

Power could be the (input-box:2bind $AboutPower2A,"=XX=") but it is instead the (input-box:2bind $AboutPower2B,"=XX=") as history has shown us stories of (input-box:2bind $AboutPower2C,"=XX=") and (input-box:2bind $AboutPower2D,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->AboutPower - L3]] ]

Power is a (input-box:2bind $AboutPower3A,"=XX=") thing, a thing that has caused (input-box:2bind $AboutPower3B, "=XX") like its life depended on it, and I wonder about all the ways in which power has shaped me, (input-box:2bind $AboutPower3C, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->AboutPower - L4]] ]

To me, power is all about (input-box:2bind $AboutPower4A,"=XX=") of (input-box:2bind $AboutPower4B, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->AboutPower - L5]] ]

And for that, I find the mechanisms of power to be (input-box:2bind $AboutPower5A,"=XX=") and the people who latch onto power to be (input-box:2bind $AboutPower5B, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->AboutPower - L6]] ]

I've seen so much, so much of how people (input-box:2bind $AboutPower6A,"=XX=") power, and it scares me how (input-box:2bind $AboutPower6B, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->AboutPower - L7]] ]

The amount of (input-box:2bind $AboutPower7A,"=XX=") that power is built on, it is (input-box:2bind $AboutPower7B, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Final Line->AboutPower - L8]] ]

Is there any way of repairing all that had been (input-box:2bind $AboutPower8,"=XX=") for power? (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Now To Title->AboutPower - Title]] ]

Title your work. What power is all about (input-box:2bind $AboutPowerTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work, Alive->AboutPower - Final]]]

(text-colour:#ff6b6b)[//''What power is all about - $AboutPowerTitle ''// Power is an ... interesting thing, a thing that $AboutPower1 within systems. Power could be the $AboutPower2A, but is instead the $AboutPower2B, as history has shown us stories of $AboutPower2C and $AboutPower2D. Power is a $AboutPower3A thing, a thing that has caused $AboutPower3B like its life depended on it, and I wonder about all the ways in which power has shaped me, $AboutPower3C. To me, power is all about $AboutPower4A, of $AboutPower4B. And for that, I find the mechanisms of power to be $AboutPower5A, and the people who latch onto power to be $AboutPower15B. I’ve seen so much, so much of how people $AboutPower6A power, and it scares me how $AboutPower6B. The amount of $AboutPower7A that power is built on, it is $AboutPower7B. Is there any way of repairing all that had been $AboutPower8 for power? ] (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

When I think of the future, we are taught to hope for (input-box:2bind $Reimagine1A,"=XX=") and yet I dream of (input-box:2bind $Reimagine1B, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Reimagine - L2]] ]

The existing machinations of our world churn out (input-box:2bind $Reimagine2A,"=XX=") when we need (input-box:2bind $Reimagine2B, "=XX=") as if there were no place for something as lofty as (input-box:2bind $Reimagine2C, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Reimagine - L3]] ]

Whe live in the aftermath of a (input-box:2bind $Reimagine3A,"=XX=") history, while living in a moment that will continue to forge a future of (input-box:2bind $Reimagine3B, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Reimagine - L4]] ]

In that future, I would like to reimagine (input-box:2bind $Reimagine4A,"=XX=") to see (input-box:2bind $Reimagine4B, "=XX=") brought to life, and for us to experience (input-box:2bind $Reimagine4C, "=XX=") like we've learned from such a (input-box:2bind $Reimagine4D, "=XX=") past, with us finally making room for (input-box:2bind $Reimagine4E, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Reimagine - L5]] ]

Wouldn't it be (input-box:2bind $Reimagine5A,"=XX=") for us to see (input-box:2bind $Reimagine5B, "=XX=") and know that our next-in-line will be (input-box:2bind $Reimagine5C, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Reimagine - L6]] ]

I want the future to have something worth inheriting, like (input-box:2bind $Reimagine6A,"=XX=") like (input-box:2bind $Reimagine6B, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Reimagine - L7]] ]

We could replace (input-box:2bind $Reimagine7A,"=XX=") with (input-box:2bind $Reimagine7B, "=XX=") while holding onto (input-box:2bind $Reimagine7C, "=XX=") if there is healing to be had with it. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Reimagine - L8]] ]

I want us to believe in (input-box:2bind $Reimagine8A,"=XX=") and how we can change it for (input-box:2bind $Reimagine8B, "=XX=") because I think we deserve a world that (input-box:2bind $Reimagine8C, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Reimagine - L9]] ]

To reframe the world in the image of (input-box:2bind $Reimagine9A,"=XX=") is to bolster imagination, for there is much to (input-box:2bind $Reimagine9B, "=XX=") when we (input-box:2bind $Reimagine9C, "=XX=") a system. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Final Line->Reimagine - L10]] ]

And wouldn't it be beautiful to see (input-box:2bind $Reimagine10A,"=XX=") inspire so much (input-box:2bind $Reimagine10B, "=XX=") we once never knew of (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Now To Title->Reimagine - Title]] ]

Title your work. A Reimagining (input-box:2bind $ReimagineTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work, Alive->Reimagine - Final]]]

(text-colour:#1c7ed6)[//''A Reimagining - $ReimagineTitle ''// When I think of the future, we are taught to hope for $Reimagine1A, and yet I dream of $Reimagine1B. The existing machinations of our world churn out $Reimagine2A when we need $Reimagine2B, as if there were no place for something as lofty as $Reimagine2C. We live in the aftermath of a $Reimagine3A history, while living in a moment that will continue to forge a future of $Reimagine3B. In that future, I would like to reimagine $Reimagine4A, to see $Reimagine4B brought to life, and for us to experience $Reimagine4C like we’ve learned from such a $Reimagine4D past, with us finally making room for $Reimagine4E. Wouldn’t it be $Reimagine5A for us to see $Reimagine5B and know that our next-in-line will be $Reimagine5C I want the future to have something worth inheriting, like $Reimagine6A like $Reimagine6B. We could replace $Reimagine7A with $Reimagine7B while holding onto $Reimagine7C if there is healing to be had with it. I want us to believe in $Reimagine8A and how we can change it for $Reimagine8B because I think we deserve a world that $Reimagine8C. To reframe the world in the image of $Reimagine9A is to bolster imagination, for there is much to $Reimagine9B when we $Reimagine9C a system. And wouldn’t it be beautiful to see $Reimagine10A inspire so much $Reimagine10B we once never knew of ] (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

(input-box:2bind $Coping1,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Coping2,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Coping - L2]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Coping3,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Coping4,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Coping - L3]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Coping5,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Coping6,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Coping7,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Coping - L4]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Coping8,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Coping9,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Coping10, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Coping - L5]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Coping11,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Coping12,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Coping13, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Coping - L6]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Coping14,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Coping15,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Coping16, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Coping - L7]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Coping17,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Coping18,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Coping - L8]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Coping19,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Coping20,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Coping - L9]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Coping21,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Final Line->Coping - L10]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Coping22,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Now to Title->Coping - Title]] ]

Title your work. Coping with Mind Hurt (input-box:2bind $CopingTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work, Alive->Coping - Final]] ]

(text-colour:white)[''//Coping with Mind Hurt - $CopingTitle //'' To exist is to know that the mind is a complex thing, like the body, just as able to live, or die. $Coping1 $Coping2 $Coping3 $Coping4 $Coping5 $Coping6 $Coping7 $Coping8 $Coping9 $Coping10 $Coping11 $Coping12 $Coping13 $Coping14 $Coping15 $Coping16 $Coping17 $Coping18 $Coping19 $Coping20 $Coping21 $Coping22 ] (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

(input-box:2bind $Speaking1,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Speaking - L2]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Speaking2,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Speaking3,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Speaking - L3]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Speaking4,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Speaking5,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Speaking6, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Speaking - L4]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Speaking7,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Speaking8,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Speaking9,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Speaking10,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Speaking - L5]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Speaking11,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Speaking12,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Speaking13,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Speaking14,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Speaking15,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Speaking - L6]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Speaking16,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Speaking17,"=XX=") (input-box:2bind $Speaking18,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Final Line->Speaking - L7]] ]

(input-box:2bind $Speaking19,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Now to Title->Speaking - Title]] ]

Title your work. Speaking of Interpersonal & Multi-Structural Violences (input-box:2bind $SpeakingTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work, Alive->Speaking - Final]] ]

''//Speaking of Interpersonal & Multi-Structural Violences - $SpeakingTitle //'' How do you explain the connections between interpersonal injustices and state-sanctioned cruelty? $Speaking1 $Speaking2 $Speaking3 $Speaking4 $Speaking5 $Speaking6 $Speaking7 $Speaking8 $Speaking9 $Speaking10 $Speaking11 $Speaking12 $Speaking13 $Speaking14 $Speaking15 $Speaking16 $Speaking17 $Speaking18 $Speaking19 (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

Prompt: One word; a type of (link-rerun:"bigotry")[(dialog:"Bigotry refers to a strong attachment to a prejudice against a person for existing in a certain group or experience. *Example: Sizeism, anti-Blackness, Islamophobia.*", "Close")] (input-box:2bind $Relearn1,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Relearn - L2]]]

Prompt: How you saw that bigotry manifest around you (input-box:2bind $Relearn2,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Relearn - L3]]]

Prompt: (link-rerun:"Personification")[(dialog:"Personification is when a non-human thing/entity is given human attributes and/or feelings. *Example: The warriors became lions. She was a bear in her den.", "Close")] of the bigotry in your life (input-box:2bind $Relearn3,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Relearn - L4]]]

Prompt: (link-rerun:"Metaphor")[(dialog:"Metaphors are a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using *like* or *as*. *Example: She was my sun. He was the black sheep of the school.*", "Close")] of how that bigotry shaped you (input-box:2bind $Relearn4,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Relearn - L5]]]

Prompt: What you have learned to do in response to that bigotry (input-box:2bind $Relearn5,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Relearn - L6]]]

Prompt: The harms you committed by the prompting of that bigotry (input-box:2bind $Relearn6,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Relearn - L7]]]

Prompt: The (link-rerun:"accountability")[(dialog:"Accountability is defined by ethics and practices where someone recognizes and addresses the harms they caused, and then works to help heal those harmed as well as prevent it from reoccurring. *Example: Apologizing and providing support to heal, learning better and educating others.*", "Close")] you must commit to because of those harms (input-box:2bind $Relearn7,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Relearn - L8]]]

Prompt: Describe what that accountability work might look like with an (link-rerun:"allusion")[(dialog:"Allusions are references to subjects or works which other people might recognize. *Example: Sweets are their Kryptonite. Wish I could just click my heels.*", "Close")] (input-box:2bind $Relearn8,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Relearn - L9]]]

Prompt: Something unrelated to $Relearn1 that is commonplace to you (input-box:2bind $Relearn9,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Relearn - L10]]]

Prompt: Example of a common manifestation of subject bigotry (input-box:2bind $Relearn10,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Relearn - L11]]]

Prompt: What you were told bigotry to be (input-box:2bind $Relearn11,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Relearn - L12]]]

Prompt: How you learned bigotry can manifest itself differently (input-box:2bind $Relearn12,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Relearn - L13]]]

Prompt: Reaffirm your commitment to learn and do better (input-box:2bind $Relearn13,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Last Line->Relearn - L14]]]

Prompt: What you imagine healing from bigotry will be like (input-box:2bind $Relearn14,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Now to Title->Relearn - Title]]]

Title your work. Re-Learning Myself (input-box:2bind $RelearnTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work, Alive->Relearn - Final]]]

//''Re-Learning Myself - $RelearnTitle ''// $Relearn1 $Relearn2 $Relearn3 $Relearn4 $Relearn5 $Relearn6 $Relearn7 $Relearn8 $Relearn1. $Relearn9 $Relearn10 $Relearn11 $Relearn12 $Relearn13 $Relearn14 (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

The "struggle is all (input-box:2bind $Battles1A,"=XX=") and (input-box:2bind $Battles1B, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Battles - L2]] ]

A trial known for bringing (input-box:2bind $Battles2A,"=XX=") as it takes (input-box:2bind $Battles2B, "=XX=") while we try to find (input-box:2bind $Battles2C, "=XX=") we need to believe we can survive, (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Battles - L3]] ]

which makes me wonder what people mean when they say (input-box:2bind $Battles3A,"=XX=") where some get to dream of (input-box:2bind $Battles3B, "=XX=") a lot of us hope for (input-box:2bind $Battles2C, "=XX=") in our unconsciousness. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Battles - L4]] ]

Ain't that (input-box:2bind $Battles4A,"=XX=") How we have to (input-box:2bind $Battles4B, "=XX=") so? (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Battles - L5]] ]

The things we have to do for a bit of (input-box:2bind $Battles5A,"=XX=") despite the (input-box:2bind $Battles5B, "=XX=") that (input-box:2bind $Battles5C, "=XX=") us. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Battles - L6]] ]

I wish happiness was as (input-box:2bind $Battles6A,"=XX=") as the wealthiest would have us believe, as they tell us (input-box:2bind $Battles6B, "=XX=") like children to be lied to. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Battles - L7]] ]

Truly, I am (input-box:2bind $Battles7A,"=XX=") from having to (input-box:2bind $Battles7B, "=XX=") each day for a cent of peace. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Battles - L8]] ]

I wish for a world where happiness was only as far as (input-box:2bind $Battles8A,"=XX=") and (input-box:2bind $Battles8B, "=XX=") was not a thing we had to pay for in (input-box:2bind $Battles8C, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Battles - L9]] ]

Joy is something that should be (input-box:2bind $Battles9A,"=XX=") not (input-box:2bind $Battles9B, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Battles - L10]] ]

A war has truly been made on those of us who (input-box:2bind $Battles10A,"=XX=") to survive, as if our right to laugh, to breathe, is hinged on (input-box:2bind $Battles10B, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Battles - L11]] ]

The thing about surviving is that it is (input-box:2bind $Battles11A,"=XX=") it is (input-box:2bind $Battles11B, "=XX=") but the way so many try to (input-box:2bind $Battles11C, "=XX=") us in our moments of (input-box:2bind $Battles11D, "=XX=") is so (input-box:2bind $Battles11E, "=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Final Line->Battles - L12]] ]

And I hope we come to know a day where (input-box:2bind $Battles12,"=XX=") is no longer a series of battles. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Now to Title ->Battles - Title]] ]

Title your work. Our Battles for Contentment (input-box:2bind $BattlesTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work, Alive->Battles - Final]]]

(text-colour:red)[//''Our Battles for Contentment - $BattlesTitle ''// The “struggle” is all $Battles1A and $Battles1B. A trial known for bringing $Battles2A as it takes $Battles2B while we try to find $Battles2C we need to believe we can survive, which makes me wonder what people mean when they say $Battles3A. where some get to dream of $Battles3B, a lot of us hope for $Battles3C in our unconsciousness. Ain’t that $Battles4A? How we have to $Battles4B so? The things we have to do for a bit of $Battles5A despite the $Battles5B that $Battles5C us. I wish happiness was as $Battles6A as the wealthiest would have us believe, as they tell us $Battles6B like children to be lied to. Truly, I am $Battles7A from having to $Battles7B each day for a cent of peace. I wish for a world where happiness was only as far as $Battles8A and $Battles8B was not a thing we had to pay for in $Battles8C. Joy is something that should be $Battles9A, not $Battles9B. A war has truly been made on those of us who $Battles10A to survive, as if our right to laugh, to breathe, is hinged on $Battles10B. The thing about surviving is that it is $Battles11A, it is $Battles11B, but the way so many try to $Battles11C us in our moments of $Battles11D is so $Battles11E. And I hope we come to know a day where $Battles12 is no longer a series of battles. ] (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

Look upon the greenery, some lush, some vibrant, some trampled, and see (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology1A,"the ways in which people affect the world","how easily life goes uncherished","how there remains work to be done for us to cultivate an ethereal garden","how existence is interdependent") notice the (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology1B,"trees whose roots encircle everything","sunlight trying to light the life in the flora","single larger cloud hinting at the opportunities of rain","petals that fall away from their flowers","rocks which hide more damaged plants","color in the earth") which calls the glory of (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology1C,"nature","magic mixed with the earth","a fortunate happenstance in our reality","the meeting between sky and land") to be honored. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Ecology - Line 2]]]

This viridescent, cerulean, varicolored planet and all its (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology2A,"sentient little creatures","fluid and flowing plantlife","cloud-kissing mountains, rolling hills","living and still waters") this (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology2B,"microscopic garden of","place we know as home amidst","amalgamation of stardust in","space where we first sank our roots into") the cosmos is (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology2C,"meeting demise by its own creations","dying by way of exploitation","being polluted with somehow everlasting harms","coming to know fire and extinction like those which inhabit it","losing some of its vitality to a corporeal greed") which leads to us, (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology2D,"inheritors of stolen lands","descendants of those who survived being stolen from home","who come from histories of escaping trauma by movement","still needing to heal from a complicated past and present","who remain obligated to the soil, the sky, the seas") and needing to (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology2E,"repair the harms done by us and our human kinfolk","acknowledge our role in the decline of the greenery","rebuild our interdependence with the environment","come to terms with a long history of exploitation","witness and address how the elements are hurting","work with color to resuscitate this planet's breath") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Ecology - Line 3]]]

For too long, we have been (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology3A,"complicit, complacent","active","apologetic yet persistent","finding peace","seeking profit") in the destruction of such green life, and now it is prepared to swallow us (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology3B,"in the fury of all-consuming wildfires","with winds that frenzy into storms","beneath tsunamis of melted ice","the tremors of an earth shaken to its core","by the extremes of the air choking us") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Ecology - Line 4]]]

All that death, of (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology4A,"gentle, unassuming flowers","starlit night skies","reefs which heave oceanic breaths","organisms that know pack communities","lakes which love the inland") and (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology4B,"children born into poverty","people who have had their traditions with the earth stolen from them","folks whose oppression brought them closer to the frontlines of the decline of nature","individuals who simply wanted to exist") it ought to be prevented, by (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology4C,"holding accountable the most powerful","challenging those who consider greenery to be expendable","caring for that which still lives","shifting our systems to be more loving of our interdependent lives") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Ecology - Line 5]]]

We have lost the (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology5A,"harmony","balance","love and respect","understanding") that we once had with our environs, turning a space of creation in the cosmos into (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology5B,"a collapsing abode","some dying planet","loss of life, often in shades resembling the earth","checks cashed in bloodied waters and spoiled air") when we deserve to see our world filled with (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology5C,"verdant brightness","the kind of wind that plays with breath","sunlight that casts a golden glow upon the skin","as many flowers as there are stars","waters that heal us in our spirits") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Ecology - Line 6]]]

To (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology6,"clean nature of our pollution","pour resources into believing in the wonders of the planet we inhabit","take accountability for our interconnectedness with all life","remember how we are not alone in our existence") is to help heal the wounds of a planetary being. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Ecology - Line 7]]]

It is our duty to (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology7,"regift harmony upon","reclaim our sense of oneness with","fight for and care for","maintain the life that exists within","make up for what we have costed") the environment. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Final Line->Ecology - Line 8]]]

Although it will be (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology8A,"a seemingly-eternal battle","an effort whose results are beyond our reach","the kind of journey that lasts lifetimes","tiring, difficult, and at times, hopeless") we must (dropdown: 2bind $Ecology8B,"reconcile our place with the earth","remold our existing systems to be healing to the waterways and atmosphere","move to revitalize and restore the variety and diversity in the environment","support the people who suffer most from the degradation of the environment","stop relying on profits and prayers where we need action")for all our sakes. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Now to Title->Ecology - Title]]]

Title your work. Change & Ecology (input-box:2bind $EcologyTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work, Alive->Ecology - Final]]]

(text-colour:#51cf66)[//''Change & Ecology - $EcologyTitle ''// Look upon the greenery, some lush, some vibrant, some trampled, and see $Ecology1A, notice the $Ecology1B which calls the glory of $Ecology1C to be honored. This viridescent, cerulean, varicolored planet and all its $Ecology2A, this $Ecology2B the cosmos is $Ecology2C, which leads to us, $Ecology2D and needing to $Ecology2E. For too long, we have been $Ecology3A in the destruction of such green life, and now it is prepared to swallow us $Ecology3B. All that death, of $Ecology4A and $Ecology4B it ought to be prevented, by $Ecology4C. We have lost the $Ecology5A that we once had with our environs, turning a space of creation in the cosmos into $Ecology5B, when we deserve to see our world filled with $Ecology5C. To $Ecology6 is to help heal the wounds of a planetary being. It is our duty to $Ecology7 the environment. Although it will be $Ecology8A, we must $Ecology8B, for all our sakes. ] (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

I have seen protest occur through (dropdown: 2bind $Protest1A,"the medium of art","signs that force streets to pay attention","traditions of song and poetry","gatherings by communities","speeches that challenge power for all its harms","the wrenching of power from inhumane authorities") how people (dropdown: 2bind $Protest1B,"learned to fight an unjust power","turn themselves into changemakers","walk with each other despite uneven, pothole-ridden streets","grow into a force to be reckoned with") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Protest - L2]]]

I am someone who knows protest to be (dropdown: 2bind $Protest2A,"an obligation we have to each other, to ourselves","a civil right","demonstrative of the power in community","the most sacred street tradition","survival by all means") and I know the history of protest, (dropdown: 2bind $Protest2B,"bloodier than we think","which my community still recovers from","spanning lifetimes, generations, and continents","this resistance that I am a descendant of") gave me (dropdown: 2bind $Protest2C,"some space to be","a tool for protecting me and mine","the reclamation of my own humanity","access to so many different stories") where I must think upon my (dropdown: 2bind $Protest2D,"relationship with","understanding of","place in","feelings on") protest. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Protest - L3]]]

Protest, to me, is (dropdown: 2bind $Protest3,"a storm that seeks to wash the land of historical sins","the raging fire which tests the will of power","when community finds tradition in change","how the streets meet policy","why we know our world still needs working on") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Protest - L4]]]

Given the opportunity, protest dismantles (dropdown: 2bind $Protest4A,"the 'requirements' it has taken to be worthy of our humanity","our language and the constructs it comes from","forces that would dare to hold us to the ground","the patterns of hate, in its shotguns and smiles, which haunt so many of us") and in a society (dropdown: 2bind $Protest4B,"that is built upon racism and its sister ideologies like","draped in patriarchal values like","as infatuated with protecting the legacy of colonialism as","caught in the strangles of capitalism as","which is known to drench people in heteronormativity, just as","manifested by the erasure of communities for the sake of imperialism, like") ours is, protest ceases to be a simple thing because it now becomes (dropdown: 2bind $Protest4C,"the birthright of the marginalized","a weapon to be wielded against oppressors","how we use the history we've inherited as a tool","an act of tearing apart cruel systems") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Final Line->Protest - L5]]]

So when you look upon someone’s protest, I hope you see (dropdown: 2bind $Protest5A,"the history that stands behind their work","how fear is turned into courage for the sake of others","a labor that knows the necessity of generational effort","community care as a fighting practice","someone fighting to live, for movement towards liberation") how (dropdown: 2bind $Protest5B,"people can move the earth around them","we can become waves in the oceans of change","each voice becomes a brick through the windows of oppressive systems","a soul can be inspired to call their communities to attention, for accountability") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->Protest - L6]]]

To deem protest to be a lowly thing is to (dropdown: 2bind $Protest6A,"disrespect a legacy of survival and movement","neglect how my breath, your breath, have the right to survive","sacrifice the voice of the marginalized for the peace of the oppressor","not know how protest granted us life in more ways than one") which to me is (dropdown: 2bind $Protest6B,"to commit sin upon our history","a harmful kind of privilege","the last thing worth taking pride in","a distasteful thing") and I hope that our society comes to recognize (dropdown: 2bind $Protest6C,"how important protest is","that protest will only cease when justice is a living, breathing thing—and still remain necessary","the healing that occurs as protests shift systems","the many ways a protest bears fruit","why protests are alive, and why they must listen") as I (dropdown: 2bind $Protest6D,"begin to learn my place in such a communal tradition as protest","continue in my work of dismantling oppressive systems","watch more and more protests bloom to life in a violent rain","provide love and space for the people who fight","reflect on the roots of the harms that give rise to protest") protest. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Now to Title->Protest - Title]]]

Title your work. The Place of Protest (input-box:2bind $ProtestTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work, Alive->Protest - Final]]]

(text-colour:#339af0)+(background:(gradient: 0, 0,(hsl:0,0,0,0.8),0.5,#888888,1,(hsl:0,0,0,0.7)))[= (hsl:0,0,0,0.45)[= [//''The Place of Protest - $ProtestTitle ''// I have seen protest occur through $Protest1A, how people $Protest1B. I am someone who knows protest to be $Protest2A and I know the history of protest, $Protest2B, gave me $Protest2C, where I must think upon my $Protest2D protest. Protest, to me, is $Protest3. Given the opportunity, protest dismantles $Protest4A, and in a society $Protest4B ours is, protest ceases to be a simple thing because it now becomes $Protest4C. So when you look upon someone’s protest, I hope you see $Protest5A, how $Protest5B. To deem protest to be a lowly thing is to $Protest6A, which to me is $Protest6B, and I hope that our society comes to recognize $Protest6C, as I $Protest6D. ] (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

Discrimination and oppression are (dropdown: 2bind $History1,"the closest of family members","so much more than we think them to be","massive things that are as alive as history itself","offspring of some wicked things") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->History - L2]]]

Colonialism, imperialism, capitalism is the (dropdown: 2bind $History2A,"destruction of homes","foundation for the rape and murders of cultures","power behind theologies of exploitation","justification of systems of cruelty") which leads to us knowing our history as (dropdown: 2bind $History2B,"tales of un-gloried survival","stories of man-made, world-burdened tragedy","a sometimes recorded memory of trauma","desecrated traditions and bloodied mistruths of our knowledge") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->History - L3]]]

Sometimes, I look at my (dropdown: 2bind $History3A,"people, those who I share blood with,","mirror","circle of connections","relationship with the living world, and with the dead,","belief and understanding of that history") and wonder (dropdown: 2bind $History3B,"how the present we know is the offspring of the past","what it is supposed to mean when we make life from oppressive circumstances","if we were always tasked with creating and surviving impossible systems","how humans were able to create such inhumane structures") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->History - L4]]]

And it’s funny, the way such theoretical things (dropdown: 2bind $History4,"can manifest a physical presence throughout","have become tools of violence within","are weapons of mass destruction, exemplified by","now construct the basis of so many ingrained fears","change the very nature of") our tangible realities. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->History - L5]]]

(dropdown: 2bind $History5A,"The legacy of colonialism is","Every flame of capitalism, in all its greed, has been","Imperialism,","Discrimination and the systems it thrives on are","Oppression, the history behind it, and the present it exists in, are") what led to (dropdown: 2bind $History5B,"languages being erased from written and oral memories","the tearing apart of families and communities through brutalities","the institution of murderous rigidity where fluidity ought to reign","kingdoms, empires, being established on the backs of conquered and abused peoples","resources being buried beneath bodies under piles of wealth that only the powerful and their accomplices may access") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->History - L6]]]

We (dropdown: 2bind $History6A,"the living, and the recently-deceased","who have been burdened with carrying traditions of movement","survivors of the modern-day incarnations of wholesale slaughters","beneficiaries of a social apparatus filled with exploitation") are the recipients of (dropdown: 2bind $History6B,"traumas that have been passed through blood and stories","a history whose ever-present consequences are named archaisms rather than evolutions of past practices","the words of people who stained the soil of the land with human treacheries","injuries borne of bullets, ropes and chains, and disease and intangible harms","an experience that is coiled in the overwhelming machinations of oppression") with (dropdown: 2bind $History6C,"our connections through community tinged by the damages of a terrorized history","abstractions ruling over us with the most brutal of fists","a sense of communal solitude somehow enacting the sadistic pleasures of the power-hungry","incarnations of greed living off our skin and bones") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->History - L7]]]

A history intertwined with, and defined by, (dropdown: 2bind $History7,"such profound violence","enough tragedy that it would be a comedy if we didn't pay with its tolls","expansive systems of conquering, profits, and contempt","the subjugation of spirits as if they were plants to be tamed and cut down on a whim") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->History - L8]]]

How should I feel knowing this history? (dropdown: 2bind $History8A,"Overjoyed that some of us made it to today?","Thankful that I may prevail over another by who grand systems prefer to turn into victims?","A knife-twisting peace with a possibly better future under a violent past and violating present?","Should I laugh at how desperately some people latch onto methods of punishing folks for existing?") (dropdown: 2bind $History8B,"Grief-stricken to the normalcy assigned to barbarism towards the living?","Need I drown in anxiety of what is and what will be?","Must I be overcome with numbness to lived traumas, my own and others?","Is 'indignant' the right thing to feel towards the current state of affairs that afflict us?","Revolted to the point in which I raise my own fists?") To know our history is to know (dropdown: 2bind $History8C,"discrimination, a sudden and always-consuming thing,","imperialism and its blood-soaked traditions","the microcosms of oppression","preachings of salvation by colonialism","the structures of capitalism") as an unwanted meal, something force-fed. (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->History - L9]]]

And to fight a world with such a history and (dropdown: 2bind $History9A,"find thriving where once only survival was allowed","learn how community may change everything we've ever known","love liberation to life by way of new practices and traditions","see how resilience may be turned into resistance by our hands") though it may be madness, (dropdown: 2bind $History9B,"I believe it to have always been our right to do so, like when humanity fought gods in our mythologies","it is far beyond due for the structures built on our backs to crumble at last","some law of physics dictates that it is now time for something different","specks of dust may we be, but en masse we have a gravity that will pull us together and tear apart the harms of our history","true insanity would involve us staying still amidst the planetary destruction we are experiencing") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->History - L10]]]

The history we have come from (dropdown: 2bind $History10A,"is one that was handcrafted in search of an unwieldy, inhuman(e) power","has been woven with the far-off dreams of the ancestors stolen from us","has become splattered with the trademarks of burgeoning oppressions","ascends the metaphors of the page with its bloody real ripples") leaving us to become witnesses to (dropdown: 2bind $History10B,"sparks which threaten to collapse in wild flames the very structures that have trapped us for so long","a reality where our access to breath has been dictated by privileged ideologies","the concept of supremacy rooting itself into our bones, weighing us into the claws of groaning seas","the stars that past generations wished upon now exploding and bringing glimmers of galaxies and hope to the new","a horizon that dares us to chase a glowing sun, to reclaim the life that would be drained from us by those who wish to own the galaxy") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->History - L11]]]

Now, our historical memory is steeped in (dropdown: 2bind $History11,"the tears of parents and children who know violence on a first name basis","an ideology of conquering as some unsanctified means of survival","a belief that power and wealth can turn people's lives into playthings","our forgetting, in details reshaped to maintain an ill-gotten present") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Next Line->History - L12]]]

The history we have come from (dropdown: 2bind $History12A,"petrification by way of heterosexism","racism's expansive, soul-sucking void","exhaustion and ableism","division by all the things that make up a toxic hierarchy") but we can engage in the unlearning of (dropdown: 2bind $History12B,"false, abstract hierarchies","our tendency to forget what may become possible","the deification of violent authorities","practices based in cruel systems","those voices in our heads that taught us dehumanization","the idea that a carceral world is a thriving one") in favor of (dropdown: 2bind $History12C,"communion in all its complications","our being liberated to breathe and be full","regaining and passing down knowledge that was once suppressed, erased","creating and finding opportunity to live free and fearlessly","lessons in making the aches placed upon our spirits into a distant memory","uplifting and holding accountable one another, as flora and fauna do in nature") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Final Line->History - L13]]]

For us to have a history like this, is to (dropdown: 2bind $History13A,"have inherited a galaxy that is yet to be complete","be nearing the apex of a supernova, grasping at what will come next","know the shackles of oppression like a black hole","be the surviving stardust that gathers in search of a safe place to rest","have been scorched within the chilled emptiness of inhuman systems") so while time keeps on passing, we shall (dropdown: 2bind $History13B,"remember how a loving freedom remains plausible","listen to the things history speaks of, some beautiful and some horrific","hold hope for what constellations may form on earth","keep watch for skies turning gold from the death and rebirth of the stars") we must (dropdown: 2bind $History13C,"no longer pour ourselves into the systems which drain us","work towards a future that knows our labor to be ours to dispense","allow ourselves to shift the orbit of our reality in anyway we need","become the eclipse that closes the time of our current systems") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Now to Title->History - Title]]]

Title your work. On a History both Metaphysical and Material (input-box:2bind $HistoryTitle,"=XX=") (after:time + 10s, 10ms)[[[Your Work, Alive->History - Final]]]

(text-colour:#d6336c)[//''On a History both Metaphysical and Material - $HistoryTitle ''// Discrimination and oppression are $History1. Colonialism, imperialism, capitalism is the $History2A which leads to us knowing our history as $History2B. Sometimes, I look at my $History3A and wonder $History3B. And it’s funny, the way such theoretical things $History4 our tangible realities. $History5A what led to $History5B. We, $History6A, are the recipients of $History6B with $History6C. A history intertwined with, and defined by, $History7. How should I feel knowing this history? $History8A $History8B To know our history is to know $History8C as an unwanted meal, something force-fed. And to fight a world with such a history and $History9A, though it may be madness, $History9B. The history we have come from $History10A leaving us to become witnesses to $History10B. Now, our historical memory is steeped in $History11. From such “man-made nature” seeps $History12A, but we can engage in the unlearning of $History12B in favor of $History12C. For us to have a history like this, is to $History13A. so while time keeps on passing, we shall $History13B, we must $History13C. ] (text-colour:#fa5252)+(background:#ffe066)[[[Create More Poetry->Welcome to Communal Creativity]]] (b4r:"inset","inset","outset","outset")+(b4r-size:5)+(b4r-colour:blue)[(link: "(text-colour:white)+(background:blue)[Share to Twitter]")[(open-url: "https://twitter.com/intent/tweet")]]

[[Community and Me->Community and Me - Line 1]] Starting Line: In this community of mine, I have found so much more of me.

[[The Religion within Me->Religionwithin - L1]] Starting Line: At my cosmic center is a way of living that allows me to become one with that which I believe in.

[[Coping with Mind Hurt->Coping - L1]] Starting Line: To exist is to know that the mind is a complex thing, like the body, just as able to live, or die.

[[Speaking of Interpersonal & Multi-Structural Violences->Speaking - L1]] Starting Line: How do you explain the connections between interpersonal injustices and state-sanctioned cruelty?

[[Bodily Manifestation->Bodily Manifestation - Line 1]] Starting Line: It is truly a wonderful thing, seeing how my identity is displayed by my body.