Instructions for Choosing Where to Live

1.
Buy a used dollhouse
at an estate sale & pull
the window blinds down.

2.
Carve the initials
of your first love
into the pantry floor.

3.
Purchase a cactus
& place it
in the living room.

4.
Cut a hole in the roof
& patch it
with pure tree resin.

5.
Take the house outside
& drop it in a bank
of freshly fallen snow.

6.
Leave it in that spot
for the rest
of the season.

7.
Borrow a tiny globe
& magnifying glass
from your neighbor.

8.
Drag the weather-worn
house inside

(it might take several trips if

the structure is no longer
sound).

9.
Place the tiny globe
in the tiny library
with all the tiny books.

10.
Tap it with your finger
to set it
in motion.

11.
Let it spin.

12.
& spin.

13.
& spin some more.

14.
Pause it with a pin.

15.
Use the magnifying glass
to read the location
the pin pricks.

16.
If it’s in the middle
of an ocean,
buy a houseboat.

17.
Get ready

18.
to change

19.
your life.

20.
Repeat
if you don’t like
the results.

21. Bonus Step
Keep moving
till you know you know—
I know I did.


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