Braids

I went online and searched <how do you braid rope>
a flock of red-winged blackbirds
set up a cacophony of 1950s pop songs about
cars, girls, surfboards, dancing, and falling in love under a boardwalk
off key and barely recognizable

searched for <existential red-winged blackbirds>
clicked enter and it returned
<Your search – existential red-winged blackbirds - did not match any documents>

searched for <what do we tow behind us>
a braided rope with hundreds of individual threads
led me backwards in hundreds of directions
here I am now, patiently unraveling
everything I’ve learned

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