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IN THE BEGINNING

THERE WAS BLACK

AND THERE WAS WHITE-

NOT QUITE OPPOSITES,

NOT QUITE ALIKES,

BUT THEY HOLD IN COMMON

WHAT THEY DO OR DON'T DO

WITH THE LIGHT.



BLACK COMES

SURROUNDED BY BLACK´S FELLOWS,

A NEATLY ORDERED TRINITY;

BUT WHITE TOO

HAS WHITE´S FRIENDS, AND

ONLY SEEMS

TO COME

TO THE TABLE ALONE...

AH BUT THIS IS ONLY A MEANS

AND NOT THE END!



YOU THOUGHT

THERE´D BE A POCKET

FOR EVERY COLOUR;

YOU THOUGHT THAT BLACK AND WHITE´D

EACH FIND THEIR RESPECTIVE CORNER.

BUT HERE THE STALEMATE IS WORSE

THAN THE SCRATCH.

HERE THERE IS NO PLAY

WITHOUT CONTAKT,

NO GAME

WITHOUT BREAKING.



IT'S WHEN YOU FINALLY REALIZE

THAT ALL THE BALLS ARE ON THE TABLE,

AND THAT THEY´VE ALREADY BEEN

BROKEN - IT´S THEN

YOU BEGIN

THE LONG SLOW PROCESS

OF LEARNING THE ANGLES,

LEARNING THAT FOR EVERY ACTION

THERE IS AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE

REA(TRA)CTION,

LEARNING HOW TO PLAY

SO NOONE GETS

SNOOKERED.



HERE THERE ARE NO CORNERS,

NO POCKETS TO DISTRACT;

HERE THERE ARE ONLY TRIANGLE

AFTER TRIANGLE AFTER TRIANGE

IN RED AND YELLOW, BLACK AND WHITE,

STRETCHED OUT IN A MIGHT RAINBOW

ACROSS AN EMERALD GREEN SKY;

HERE THE ONLY THING

TO KEEP BLACK AND WHITE

TOGETHER

IS THE GAME -

THIS ... ENMESHMENT.



YOU KNOW THE ODDS;

YOU´VE READ THE RULES;

YOU CAN SPEND YOUR WHOLE LIFE WAITING

FOR YOU CUE...

SO LET THE GAMES BEGIN,

JUST MAKE SURE YOU

KEEP ONE FOOT

ON THE GROUND AND

REMBEMBER

THE NEXT TIME YOU SAY

LET´S RACK 'EM!

THAT IT JUST MIGHT BE YOU

THAT´S ON THE RACK,

AND THEN

MY FRIEND,

THERE CAN BE NO

LOOKING BACK.

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