A Tool for a Fool, a Rule for a Mule

A Tool for a Fool, a Rule for a Mule
By Kajsa Wadhia
To turn a strained expectation into nothing.1 To turn a strained nothingness into
an expectation. To strain a turned expectation into nothing. To expect a strain
to turn into nothing. To turn nothing into an expected strain. To strain
nothingness into an expected turn. To strain nothing from an expectation. To
expect nothing from a turn. To expect nothing from a strain. To turn to
nothingness. To not expect to turn. To not expect a strain. To not expect rain.
To turn into rain. To rain into a turn. To train to turn into a train. To train to
turn the train around. To expect nothing from the training. To gain nothing from
the training. To expect no pain and no gain. To gain no pain and no strain. To
turn a brain into a drain. To drain the brain from the strain. To turn over. To
turn away. To turn back. To turn back time. To turn the tide. To turn a blind
eye. To turn a deaf ear. To turn the other cheek. To turn tail. To turn the
tables. To turn loose. To turn up. To turn upside down. To turn the corner. To
turn on. To turn off. To turn on. To turn off. To turn on. To turn off. To turn on,
turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off,
turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on,
turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off,
turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on,
turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off,
turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on,
turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off,
turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on,
turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off,
turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on,
turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on, turn off. To turn to dust. To turn a strained
off-turning into nothing. To not turn off. To not turn to turning off. To not turn
on. To not turn off. To not turn on. To not turn off. To not turn on. To not turn
off. To not turn on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off, not
on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off, not
on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off, not
on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off, not
on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off, not
on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off, not
on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off, not on, not off. To
not turn out the lights. To not be at home, even if the lights are on. To return
home. To return to training to turn into a train. To return to training to turn the
train around. To return to expecting nothing from the training. To return to
gaining nothing from the training. To return to expecting no pain and no gain.
To return to gaining no pain and no strain. To return a brain to a drain. To
return to draining the brain from the strain. To return over. To return away. To
return back. To return back time. To return the tide. To return a blind eye. To
return a deaf ear. To return the other cheek. To return tail. To return the
tables. To return loose. To return up. To return upside down. To return the
corner. To return on. To return off. To return to dust. To return a strained
expectation to
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Immanuel Kant has stated that humour is created through "the sudden transformation of a
strained expectation into nothing [die plötzliche Verwandlung einer gespannten Erwartung in
nichts]." Critique of Judgment, Hafner press, New York, 1951
turn the page
and wait.
Blink.
Blank.
Think.
Nothing.
Something.
Something else.
Something else than Superiority. No laughing at people. No domination.
Something else than Relief. No Freudipus. No Freudian slaps. No id. No
Superego mi Amigo. No trick-fuck. No gate grinder. No Sickmouth. No
Oedipussy. No Freudipussy. No kitty kitty kitty. No
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NO WO. NO WOWOWOWOWOWO. NO WOWOWOWOWOWOWO
WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOO
OOOOOOOO-OH.
No blink blink.
No-thing else than In-con-gru-i-ty. The
The be-tween the some-thing and the
and the
means that
be-tween the no-thing and the else.
.
The be-tween the
we’re stormy, and that which is ours breaks loose from us without
our fearing any debilitation. Our glances, our smiles, are spent;
laughs exude from all our mouths; our blood flows and we extend
ourselves without ever reaching an end; we never hold back our
thoughts, our signs, our writing; and we’re not afraid of lacking.
What happiness for us who are omitted, brushed aside at the scene of
inheritances; we inspire ourselves and we expire without running out
of breath, we are everywhere!
From now on, who, if we say so, can say no to us? We’ve come back
from always.2
From now on, who, if we say no, can say so to us? From no on, who, if we say
so, can say now to us? From so on, who, if we say go, can say low to us? From
go on, who if we say toe, can say row to us? From come on, who, if we say yo,
can say bro to us? From so on and so forth, you, if we say do diddly, can say
diddly do to us.
No no, no no no no,
no no no no, no no
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Helène Cixous, Laugh of the Medusa in Signs; Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol.1,
no. 4, 1976, University of Chicago, p 878
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2 Unlimited, No limit, No limits, Jean-Paul DeCoster / Anita Dels / R.L. Slijngaard / Phil Wilde,
1993
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Freedom makes us
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work.
For nothing.
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Inversion of "Arbeit macht frei"- a German phrase meaning "work makes (you) free".[1] The
slogan is known for having been placed over the entrances to a number of Nazi concentration
camps during World War II
And wait.
Forever.
For a sign, that:
We are the ones we
have been waiting
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June Jordan, Poem for South African Women from Passion (1980) and from Directed by Desire.
The Collected Poems of June Jordan. Copyright 2005 by the June M. Jordan Literary Estate Trust