The motion before the chamber is, in fact, already passed; we are merely re-enacting the moment it occurred to no one in particular.
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A surrealist political theater — descend at your own discretion.
Two halves of the same chamber, arguing through a mirror that lies a little.
The motion before the chamber is, in fact, already passed; we are merely re-enacting the moment it occurred to no one in particular.
Then I rise to oppose a vote that has already happened, with arguments not yet written, on behalf of constituencies that exist only in dreams.
Recorded in a language with no past tense.
Ballots scattered like leaves across the parquet. Every line of influence is dashed, and every dash is a guess.
The right of the citizen to be confused on behalf of the state shall not be infringed.
All decisions are unanimous in retrospect; the minutes are revised to suit the eventual mood.
Time spent in chamber accrues at half-rate; promises made there expire at double.
The ballot box exists in superposition until observed by a journalist who does not yet know what they will write.
Authority is borrowed from a future no one is qualified to remember.
Every seal contains the gap through which it is annulled. The annulment is also sealed.
A vertical column of file cabinets. Every drawer is slightly ajar. Every drawer is slightly empty.
Begins: "We must immediately." Ends: "—" The middle was redacted by weather.
A motion proposing the formation of a committee to determine whether motions can, in principle, be proposed at all.
Subject was last seen casting a different shadow than the one which preceded the meeting. Discrepancy filed under "atmospheric."
The list itself appears thrice in the index. Two entries refer only to themselves.
Linguists assigned. Linguists confused. Linguists reassigned to phonetics of the unspoken.
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