By Eva Dias Costa in Signals — 13 Jun 2025

#6. Motion: Enough.

A toaster applied for citizenship.
It was denied, but thanked the ministry politely
and swallowed a postcard.

Somewhere near a fountain that only worked in reverse,
a woman sewed buttons onto a cloud
and mailed it to herself under a different name.

The letter arrived on a Tuesday,
but she couldn’t open it
because the envelope had already confessed.

A parliament of chairs convened at noon
and passed a motion:
Enough.

The clocks applauded.
The mirrors bowed.
The dogs said nothing,
but licked the seal.