now we were sufficiently warmed up and automatically writing as comfortably as possible at a table shared with 12 other people, so he asked us to think about what certain restrictions do to this absolute freedom. We talked a lot about freedom. Restrictions like grammar, even, the most basic. We did 3 more minutes, with the condition that this time, it should all be in sentences.
3 minutes in sentences
I spilled my drink
It made a mess
There were no paper towels
This room is full of writing hands
I'm thinking about work
The injunction to write sentences has made my sentences different
Once, I wrote a sentence that pretended not to be a sentence
It acted like a phrase, missing parts
But secretly it was all there
Clark Kent in disguise is my sentence
My sentence wears a superhero cape when it emerges from the Telephone Bar
The Telephone Bar disappoints most superheroes
There's the drink prices for one
Plus, the guy at the door wants to see your ID
Sentences can leap tall buildings
And then some
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