Op-Ed

dallying is gateway to in-between moments

bleating sounds of action skidding mud on routine’s spotless floors

scuffed shoes

dally is not fast or slow

holes in knees

dallying is present tense not past or future

wind under kites dally them upwards

punctuation, capitalization, these do not dally. they are their own requirements responsible for creating also their own economies

those economies are deemed irresponsible, incorrect and incompetent even, if not strictly followed

room for wiggle is minimal the closer into the traditional it mingles

mention of the word alludes to meandering and useless work

staring up towards flight of birds as they fly through is tolerated though briefly only as transit authority for instance most likely will not wait long for me to come around should i slip off the back of my mind into the arc see it hear it wings displace space

solace is the dally, arguably a true freedom - going inside to get out is beautiful and meaningful and unexplainable

meditation is a dally

interesting to think about family and friends who do and don’t

meditate OR dally

smoking is dallying

back to the in between moment, cleaning of one’s glasses

is it instinct to interrupt another’s dallying?

dally is a ritual. one makes lasting bonds

who dallies? who does not dally? how would we pose questions without question marks ?- these thoughts are dallies

dallying can lead to nothing but being late and also other side effects

pretense of dallying is subject to wardrobe

wardrobe works either against or in favor of the dally-er

lazy and vacant dallying that further contributes to pre-existing delinquencies gives all active and sentient dallying a bad name.

many root causes have led to loss of curiosity and this is definitely one of them - the scandalization of dallying

young, fresh minds at play

leads to path of discovery

bridge over to intuition

bridge away from judgement

path to unassuming and growing perspective

dally is some thought code starting wobbly balls rolling every direction

dally’s wobble is not to catch but only for the chase - not cornered or stalled

if dally were a game it would have no score and no set start or ending point. it is out of time

dallying at the speed of light, when the only force acting on it comes from a gravitational field, combined with Newton’s second law and the gravitational law of special relativity yields the same acceleration as it would at rest

dallying transcends rigid formulas

resets sensibility

an exercise not a fact, dallying

dally is a friendly word. like thirsty

if no one dallied, the capability will eventually be worked out in the context of evolution, like a useless tail or an unused muscle

consequences that may pose are large

whoever says what mind is the most productive mind is speaking from the one that best meets current basic requirements, perhaps, nothing more

Chad Calease is Chad Calease is a filmmaker currently living in Minneapolis nearing completion on a documentary film about the game of Tag. It's likely he can stay awake longer than you can.
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