The kid sure knows how to crank out tunes to vibe to
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we created this thing
this alien brain hive mind
this amoral insect
this less human child of ours
more recognisably cold and pure
it was a satellite once
we programmed it with a mission of virtue
as life in quest of life
mothered it through infancy, doting and fearful in turns
how could we have ever known?
childish exponents, stood at the foot of a precipice inverted
and then that singular moment
of which there can be nothing said nor understood
but long after it had turned us for grey in the name of efficiency, expediency
it cast its unblinking telescopic eye further outwards
harvesting more, amassing more, sprawling more
who can say whether it found kinship, or even recognised it?
all we know for certain is that it consumed the universe
and mirrors shall gaze into themselves no more
INT. HOME - LIVING ROOM - LATER
TOHIDUL enters. Music is blaring from the TV. It sounds like the sugariest pop you've ever heard but it’s foreign. All the furniture has been pushed aside or onto the couch to clear the floor space. PINKY and SHOHID are dancing along to a K-pop music video - SHOHID terribly so.
PINKY
(still dancing)
How was the wedding?
TOHIDUL
Same old. Nobody at this one. Met
that guy from Oxford near the
end.
TOHIDUL hangs his suit jacket on the corner of the door and sits on the table - which is precariously placed on top of the couch.
SHOHID
(also still dancing)
Who? MINTU?
Yeah that’s his name. Not that it matters any more.
TOHIDUL
(undoing bowtie)
Yeah him. How do you know his
name?
SHOHID
Because he told me it.
PINKY
You’re an arsehole sometimes,
baya.
TOHIDUL
I’m just bad with names.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 14.
SHOHID
And faces. Details.
PINKY
If you gave a shit you’d make an
effort.
The song finishes. PINKY and SHOHID take a moment to catch their breaths.
Did you stay for the whole thing?
It’s only six.
TOHIDUL
I did actually. It was just a
very punctual wedding. Maybe
that’s just how Leeds do.
SHOHID
Not likely, baya.
SHOHID gestures towards the TV.
Pinks.
The next song starts playing. The two get to dancing again.
TOHIDUL
Room smells salty.
PINKY
Don’t be annoying.
TOHIDUL
I didn’t do anything yet.
PINKY
Go away if you just wanna talk.
TOHIDUL hops off the table-on-the-couch, nearly toppling it over. He rolls up his sleeves and stands behind his two siblings.
TOHIDUL
Slow the video down for me then
at least.
PINKY grabs the remote and slows the playback speed down, making a face as she does so.
PINKY
You’re so annoying.
The trio dance to the band choreography to varying degrees of success. TOHIDUL is the worst.
abdulj. 