BLACK AND WHITE

The artists stand before two 
large boards of words, black letters
on white tape and white letters on 
black tape, they give you a card 
and ask you to write a word that 
describes you, any word, so you 
comply, you write obdurate, 
you don't know why, it's the first word 
that comes to mind, first word best word,
right?, you love how the b and d 
bump into the dull vowels and
bleed the word of any meaning.  
The artists say go to the boards, 
the black one or white one, and 
tear off a word. You want to pick 
a good one, like obdurate or art  
or comply, but those words aren't there, 
you see only the white skeletal letters 
of remiss, and you know at once that's 
your word, so you tear it off to 
reveal a white surface with black 
letters, and then the artists say  
add the taped word to your card and 
come back later to see the message
that's revealed, it's a truth, but 
you don't comply, you take your card 
and leave as if you're carrying 
some passport that will gain you access
to the precious night, unaware 
of the obdurate truth surrounding 
you.