13: Rhode Island

population:
1,050,788
households:
408,424
housing units:
450,884
square miles:
1,045
characters:
1
paragraphs:
4
graphemes:
451
narrator:
3rd person
They called themselves possibilitarians. They squatted in warehouses in Providence. They constructed houseboats out of trash and moored them off the docks.

They rode skateboards down abandoned off-ramps. They organized noise and folk shows in co-op basements. They screen-printed posters. They ate from dumpsters. They loved each other.

They recreated pronouns. They imagined communities. They spoke in slogans. They formed multiplicities.

They said another world was possible. Anything is possible. Everything is possible.
March 29, 2010