my first time meeting a kid that only cared about screens spooked me. i thought people were exaggerating, typical “kids these days” stuff, but no. they’re super weird to interact with, not like a normal kid
It’s the simplicity of the declaratives. And the repetition of those two lines enacting the turn wherein your dance partner spins you twice rather than once— the expectation shifts; the “I didn’t turn” dizzies itself. The “one like me” poems it alone.