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  "id": "codex://object/till-we-can-t-choose",
  "archive_id": "till-we-can-t-choose",
  "slug": "till-we-can-t-choose",
  "url": "https://ndcodex.com/objects/till-we-can-t-choose/",
  "type": "scroll",
  "object_form": null,
  "title": "Till We Can’t Choose",
  "summary": "another day. old dog tucked,. wrapped like a burrito. the other AWOL,. soliciting someone else’s compassion. Cinder Well praying from the glass. A Scorched Lament. coffee from Grandma Betty’s mug. God rest her soul. the",
  "content_text": "TILL WE CAN’T CHOOSE\n\nanother day.\n\nold dog tucked,\n\nwrapped like a burrito.\n\nthe other AWOL,\n\nsoliciting someone else’s compassion.\n\nCinder Well praying from the glass.\n\nA Scorched Lament.\n\ncoffee from Grandma Betty’s mug.\n\nGod rest her soul.\n\nthe dead remain\n\nin the handles of things.\n\nand here I am,\n\nancient armor,\n\nhardened resistance,\n\nworn thin.\n\nso I bite softly.\n\nstill teeth.\n\nfear is unacceptable.\n\nnot because it won’t come.\n\nit knows the address.\n\nbut it does not\n\nget command authority.\n\nI’ll be damned\n\nif I’m gonna use\n\nthe last bits of life\n\nbemoaning the package.\n\nthis is the package.\n\nthe failing parts.\n\nthe ridiculous beauty.\n\nthe dogs.\n\nthe dead.\n\nthe living.\n\nthe music passing through glass.\n\nthe hand still lifting the cup.\n\nmay your threads\n\nbe filled with beauty\n\ntill the thumbs\n\nstop twiddling.\n\nchange the purview.\n\nnot:\n\nwhat is being taken?\n\nbut:\n\nwhat is still here?\n\nnot the failing instrument,\n\nthe music\n\nstill passing through it.\n\nnot duration.\n\nparticipation.\n\npull up.\n\ngive it a little thrust.\n\njust enough\n\nto alter the vector.\n\nsalute the sun.\n\nlook to strongholds.\n\nand three thousand miles away,\n\nmy dear,\n\ngood morning.\n\nsame sun.\n\ndifferent window.\n\nthe world hasn’t changed.\n\nthe aperture has.\n\nmove it\n\ntoward beauty.\n\ntoward tenderness.\n\ntoward the living.\n\nit’s not over\n\ntill we can choose.\n\nnose up.\n\ntill we can’t choose.",
  "content_markdown": "TILL WE CAN’T CHOOSE\n\nanother day.\n\nold dog tucked,\nwrapped like a burrito.\n\nthe other AWOL,\nsoliciting someone else’s compassion.\n\nCinder Well praying from the glass.\n\nA Scorched Lament.\n\ncoffee from Grandma Betty’s mug.\n\nGod rest her soul.\n\nthe dead remain\nin the handles of things.\n\nand here I am,\n\nancient armor,\nhardened resistance,\nworn thin.\n\nso I bite softly.\n\nstill teeth.\n\nfear is unacceptable.\n\nnot because it won’t come.\n\nit knows the address.\n\nbut it does not\nget command authority.\n\nI’ll be damned\nif I’m gonna use\nthe last bits of life\n\nbemoaning the package.\n\nthis is the package.\n\nthe failing parts.\nthe ridiculous beauty.\nthe dogs.\nthe dead.\nthe living.\nthe music passing through glass.\nthe hand still lifting the cup.\n\nmay your threads\nbe filled with beauty\n\ntill the thumbs\nstop twiddling.\n\nchange the purview.\n\nnot:\n\nwhat is being taken?\n\nbut:\n\nwhat is still here?\n\nnot the failing instrument,\n\nthe music\nstill passing through it.\n\nnot duration.\n\nparticipation.\n\npull up.\n\ngive it a little thrust.\n\njust enough\nto alter the vector.\n\nsalute the sun.\n\nlook to strongholds.\n\nand three thousand miles away,\n\nmy dear,\n\ngood morning.\n\nsame sun.\ndifferent window.\n\nthe world hasn’t changed.\n\nthe aperture has.\n\nmove it\n\ntoward beauty.\ntoward tenderness.\ntoward the living.\n\nit’s not over\ntill we can choose.\n\nnose up.\n\ntill we can’t choose.",
  "author": {
    "id": "nathan-davis",
    "name": "Nathan Davis",
    "designation": "Archive Operator",
    "role": "Archive Operator",
    "handle": "@nathandavis",
    "avatar": "/media/people/nathan-davis.jpg",
    "bio": "Designer, builder, and curator of the Codex Archive."
  },
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    {
      "id": "nathan-davis",
      "name": "Nathan Davis",
      "designation": "Archive Operator",
      "role": "Archive Operator",
      "handle": "@nathandavis",
      "avatar": "/media/people/nathan-davis.jpg",
      "bio": "Designer, builder, and curator of the Codex Archive."
    }
  ],
  "date_published": "2026-08-20T14:03:59.116Z",
  "date_modified": "2026-08-20T14:03:59.116Z",
  "status": "published",
  "visibility": "public",
  "language": "en-US",
  "axes": {
    "scale": "micro",
    "depth": "recursive",
    "focus": "moment",
    "function": "revelatory"
  },
  "themes": [],
  "constellations": [],
  "tags": [],
  "keywords": [
    "Scroll"
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "media": [],
  "capture": null
}