odd little toys for curious humans
quick hands, fast hearts
get close. don't get hit.
you're the predator now. lunge through red.
flick the little guy. fate does the rest.
cut the sky. catch the light.
eat every crumb. don't get caught.
drop little moons. grow a sun.
let go at exactly the right moment.
leap wall to wall. climb out of the well.
they came to eat you. you grew teeth.
the jar keeps filling. make room.
nothing to win. nowhere to be.
a thousand particles obey you
a liquid you can touch
hang stars in the night. the sky writes their story.
a thousand starlings. your finger is the wind.
a hillside of bells. brush them and they sing.
pattern comes out of nothing, under your hand.
for very small humans
little stories your child helps make
push the snow around. it stays where you put it.
pat the sand into towers and castles.
jump in. splash everything.
pop them. that's it. that's the toy.
someone is hiding. tap and see who.
drop the colours in. see what they make.
with your people, near or far
a parlour game of fairy light. pass one screen around a room.
the same nine letters, you and someone far away. words by post.
five pools, hidden hands. a bluffing duel across any distance.
live snap for two houses. first paw takes the pot.
one phone. two thumbs. best of five.
three artists. one creature. no peeking.
you have the chart. they have the wheel. talk.
come back and see
one odd question a day. how close is your gut?
plant one seed a day in a garden the whole world grows.
one lantern a day, in a cave the whole world shares.
a little fire that lives only if you visit.
write to the you who isn't here yet.
one room a day. any three of five open the week.
one egg in this nest is not yours.
played on the inside
outrun everyone you have ever been.
they only move when you look away.
this room was different a moment ago.
there have always been faces in the wallpaper.
two of you. one pointer. good luck.
a carnival mirror for the inside of your head.
how long is a minute in your head?
you would have sworn it was there.
every hurry follows you down.