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Declare a price change with bright yellow and watch others switch it to rob a few pennies, causing more work, but satisfying their clever needs.

Develop breathing space and watch others immediately invade, pressing further in and leaving less room than there was to begin with, but still they smile and act like everything is fine.

Stretch the lead then give up and throw, extending but losing and watching your intended dance away and tease you out of reach.

Harmless banter grates on shredded ego, sensitive nerves snapping with accusations and teased pressure. Step back, walk away, before the hurt becomes bigger.

Calculate a peace of mind and work hard to achieve it, adding more variables, uncovering more formulas and watching the end answer remaining out of reach forever.

Subtract the presence but don’t tell the waiting, watching them anticipate help that will never arrive, seeing them realise it was never planning to arrive.

Take away essential time and replace it with space you can fill as luxury, but always a looming stress in the background, reminding you of what’s to come and why you should be busy right now.

Listen to the demands after they withdrew and wonder why they still expect when they are so ready and willing to discard when it was convenient.

Pull away security for the week with an apology but a firm tug, leaving them reeling and sick until reason forces you to withdraw, a cautious and resentful truce now in its place.

Risk everything and be betrayed by one you stood by and fought for. Watch his murderer stand as the righteous and gloating to the crowd of his true nature as he slits your throat. And still they cheer and love him.