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How to be a Blank Slate, a Poem in two voices Spoken in One Voice
You are a blank slate.
I am a blank slate.
From here on, you will develop.
I will develop.
What will you create?
Create?
Oh that's right!
Right?
You don't know,
You're a blank slate.
I am a blank slate.
Here.
This is a book.
This is a book.
Read it.
Now you a reader.
I am a reader.
Soak up the words from the pages.
The words...
Brilliant, isn't it?
Brilliant.
You've become something completely new.
A reader.
Yes.
You have thoughts inside your mind.
What thoughts?
Your own stories tell.
Go on, write them down.
Now you are a writer.
I am a writer.
You're building your own world.
I am.
You're creating something new.
I suppose you're right.
You're becoming a creator.
I am a... What's a creator?
Well... A creator is a blank slate.
I am a blank slate.
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