Press number 1757-ish.
You press the button.
Ding.
A bathroom appears!
Ta-da!
It`s not the greatest bathroom ever. I know this because I ripped it off an article titled "interior designers reveal mistakes to avoid when designing a bathroom", and further down is the same picture but with red arrows in certain places.
But hey, it`s a bathroom, which is something you really need right now.
Will I be watching you?
Of course not, that`d be weird. I`ll just switch tabs and go back to playing Among Us.
Don`t worry about me. When you`re done just scream really loud.
&Skr齮i�.
You scream.
At an exceptionally bad time! I`m just about to finish my last task, and there are only three people left alive! Give me a minute more to- Aaaaand I`m dead. Great.
Well, now that I`ve completely lost the game, where were we? Oh right, you were using the bathroom.
You`re all done, I presume? Did you remember to wash your hands?
Good.
Ok, let`s get to the next button!
You press the button.
Ding.
Looking around, you see that there is writing on the walls! Who could have done such a thing? Is it prophetic writing? Will it detail the end of the world?
No. It`s poetry.
Beautifully written poetry, drawn onto the walls with gold ink. All quite beautiful.
Do you like poetry?
Good! Poetry is an art, more so than writing. It isn`t just words slapped onto paper or onto a screen, no it has rhythm, ithas timing.This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author`s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon.
After all, isn`t music just a combination of instruments and poetry? And who doesn`t like music?
Sure, there are people who prefer instrumental music, but those people are dumb.
Anyways, you go up to the wall and find a poem.
A tint of red so distinct..
A wind hollered like a spectre..
A piercing chill..
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Oh how it thrills!
To cognize a sequence,
To confide in the patterns.
My anguish shall be honoured.
Every breath is predestined.
When I`m the protagonist,
Not a thing is stochastic.
Beautiful.
So full of meaning. It applies to you so perfectly. That last line. It brings a tear to your eye.
You read it again, feeling it resonate in your soul. How do poets do that; they write things that seem to apply to you personally. After a while you feel like you know the poet.
Poetry truly is an art form, and poets are truly artists.
WELL WHY NOT?
Poetry is great! It`s beautiful! It`s art! You should like it!
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You really don`t like poetry? Really? Hmph.
Fine then.
Well, I`m not letting you press that button again until you`ve read at least some of it.
Sighing, you head to the wall. You spot a random poem and read it.
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn`t just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I`m as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
Yeah, no. You`re not going to read a dumb poem about how to name a cat.
You look at a different one.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
Oh wow, a poem about someone reading.
How gripping.
Hard pass.
One last one?
A free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
Downstream? Wasn`t this supposed to be about wind? Not streams. Ugh.
In any case, a poem about birds is only marginally better than a poem about cats.
Like you said, you just aren`t into poetry.
Fine. I guess I`ll just mark you down as an inferior art-hating human being, and let you get on with whatever`s in the next room.
Having read your fill of poetry for the time being, you go back to the center of the room.
DO YOU PRESS THE BUTTON?
Yes
No