the original
wif
The dog wif the hat. Beloved. Pink. Went to the moon and came back sweet.
him — $HIM, paired with $WIF
He doesn’t have a hat.
The hat has him.
No face. No name. No roadmap. One beanie, handed down from a dog to whatever this is.
$HIM ◆ he’s him ◆ paired with $WIF ◆ no face ◆ no name ◆ same hat ◆ $HIM ◆ he’s him ◆ paired with $WIF ◆ no face ◆ no name ◆ same hat ◆ $HIM ◆ he’s him ◆ paired with $WIF ◆ no face ◆ no name ◆ same hat ◆ $HIM ◆ he’s him ◆ paired with $WIF ◆ no face ◆ no name ◆ same hat ◆
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Subject file — unnamed
Nobody knows where he came from.
Nobody has seen the face under it.
Same hat as the dog. Different eyes.
So they just call him him.
The lineage
One hat.
Two holders.
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the inheritance
him
The one wif the hat. Same weave, darker wool. Went to the moon and never said a word about it.
One of them is a dog. The other one has never confirmed anything.
Confirmed sightings
He keeps
turning up.
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№ 01
He was already up there when the flag arrived. He never mentioned it.
№ 02
He sat down to think for a minute. The sky started writing his name on its own.
№ 03
The city put his face in the sky to call him. He was standing behind the light.
№ 04
There is more than one of him now. One of them has your posture.
The multiplication
Everyone wants
to be him.
Nobody is. But the rows keep filling, and from behind you can't tell the difference.