Radically Happy

I am at Caltech
I am in some kind of video game
Probably like Minecraft

Someone hands me a rope
Which I snap into a magic wand

It’s time to build

The longer I can hold the wand
Maintain the tensegrity
The greater the build

At first
I’m just drawing lines on the ground
Like planting rows of seeds

But soon they form into a tile
If I stop, I could pick it up and use it
But I keep going

Finally
After immense labor
I have created
From deep within myself
A complete block of stone
One rigid container

I could stop now
I want to
But then I’d have to do it again
And again
And again

Better
Wiser
Harder
Smarter
To keep going

One block becomes two
Four. Eight. Sixteen.

The effort increases exponentially
But so do the results

Finally I stop
I see a palace
Fit for a King

Then I wake up