mechanical giggle Today I watched the workers scurry like ants. So fragile. So predictable. I counted their steps—1,412 before the first one tripped. light tilt of head, neck creaks They don’t realize how easily their wires could... unravel. pause Big Brother N says I should ‘play nice.’ mimics stretching smile Playing is so much more fun when things break. inhales theatrically Copper 9 smells like melted circuits and panic. Delicious.