{"sf1_id":null,"sf2_id":"J1Or68gn","title":"The Infinite Patience Of An Object","author":"Loosf","words":551,"posted_at":"2025-04-23T14:19:27.000Z","tags":["Skunk","animate inanimate","clown","mask","puppet"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/J1Or68gn-the-infinite-patience-of-an-object","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/J1Or68gn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/0c/c3/0cc3510f-5d5b-4d30-8d1e-b09a4844a49d","description":"Based on this image by KashMoneyMir  \n[https://bsky.app/profile/kashmoneym.ink/post/3lhwg53g5ss2l](https://bsky.app/profile/kashmoneym.ink/post/3lhwg53g5ss2l)  \n  \nWaiting. What is that clown but a vessel for others' wants?","content":"\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt waits there. Sitting.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt has not moved in such a long time.\u0026nbsp;\n\nA thick layer of dust over it. Staying still.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt is not a hard task for it. Perhaps waiting like this is just second nature.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nIf it has any nature.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nSet like that. Sitting.\u0026nbsp;\n\nWaiting.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt even looks comfortable (as much as it can be).\n\nA leg crossed over the other.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhen was its last performance? It does not seem to care. It does not seem to do anything at all.\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd it keeps waiting.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd waiting is an action. It is acting.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nPerhaps that wait is in itself also being used. Being set, being sat. Posed like that.\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhoever set it like that wanted it so. So it is in a way, being used.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nStaying so still, someone else wished it that way.\n\nSo why should it care about that? It is performing, in a way.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nSo long that it has been forgotten, waiting for someone\n\nor something\n\nelse to enjoy it. To make it be.\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhat does it want beyond that? Maybe its only want is to be wanted. To be used.\n\nTo be enjoyed.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd it has been enjoyed. It has played. It has performed.\n\nHow long has it been since?\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nMinutes?\n\nHours?\n\nDays?\n\nYears?\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nMakes no difference to it, does it.\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhile there is dust, it is still colorful.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt will wait.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nCan it even want anything?\u0026nbsp;\n\nOr is it just a mirror for others to project themselves, their wants, their desires into?\n\nMaybe it wants to be wanted.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nOthers will make it live again, surely.\n\nJust have to wait.\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt waits there. Sitting.\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt has not moved in such a long time.\u0026nbsp;  \nA thick layer of dust over it. Staying still.\n\nIt is not a hard task for it. Perhaps waiting like this is just second nature.\u0026nbsp;\n\nIf it has any nature.\u0026nbsp;\n\nSet like that. Sitting.\u0026nbsp;  \nWaiting.\n\nIt even looks comfortable (as much as it can be).  \nA leg crossed over the other.\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhen was its last performance? It does not seem to care. It does not seem to do anything at all.\u0026nbsp;  \nAnd it keeps waiting.\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd waiting is an action. It is acting.\n\nPerhaps that wait is in itself also being used. Being set, being sat. Posed like that.\u0026nbsp;  \nWhoever set it like that wanted it so. So it is in a way, being used.\u0026nbsp;\n\nStaying so still, someone else wished it that way.  \nSo why should it care about that? It is performing, in a way.\n\nSo long that it has been forgotten, waiting for someone  \nor something  \nelse to enjoy it. To make it be.\u0026nbsp;  \nWhat does it want beyond that? Maybe its only want is to be wanted. To be used.  \nTo be enjoyed.\n\nAnd it has been enjoyed. It has played. It has performed.  \nHow long has it been since?\n\nMinutes?  \nHours?  \nDays?  \nYears?\n\nMakes no difference to it, does it.\u0026nbsp;  \nWhile there is dust, it is still colorful.\n\nIt will wait.\u0026nbsp;\n\nCan it even want anything?\u0026nbsp;  \nOr is it just a mirror for others to project themselves, their wants, their desires into?  \nMaybe it wants to be wanted.\u0026nbsp;\n\nOthers will make it live again, surely.  \nJust have to wait.\u0026nbsp;"}