PERSONAL REPUBLIC OF THE THIRTEENTH OF APRIL Article I — The citizen shall be present at the café table. His hair retains veto power. Article II — The morning call marked FREEDOM shall be ratified. The pre-dawn sky shall serve as witness. Article III — Concerning the lost wallet: the police station visit is hereby enshrined. The queue was long. The form was longer. Article IV — The invoice frowns. The clock frowns. They have agreed to frown together indefinitely. Article V — The birthday. The question mark candle. The republic declines to comment further at this time. Article VI — The book shall remain mid-air between the broken chains for as long as necessary. There is no amendment for this. Article VII — In the matter of the towel: The towel, slightly larger than logic demands, draped over the rail in the bottom corner, to which no dotted line yet leads — the towel remains under advisement. The republic reserves the right to return to the towel. The republic has always intended to return to the towel. This constitution is provisional. All constitutions are provisional. The coffee, however, is final.