*This Story is Printed on 100% Recycled Paper


The content is 17% reused. And from here on out, the font is 1pt reduced.

I was going to write this by hand to save power but printed it to save my grade.
26 copies of eight and a half by elevens carpet my floor. They crunch and crackle beneath my GT 2120s like the leaves they could’ve been.
26 copies written with 10% of a brain, read by 68% of a class; 98% returned and tossed to a floor, collecting the dust my competitors won’t get the chance to eat.

I was going to memorize and recite this to save ink but printed it to save time.
There was a 1% chance I was going to type this in the shape of ♺, and a point 3% chance I’d use green ink, but these gimmicks are 100% over reused and produce zero results.

They say every little bit counts. That’s why
this story is printed on 100% recycled paper with 17% reused content. And from here on out the font will be 1pt reduced.

So here’s the flip side to waste. 4% of those workshopped leaves raked into the gutter,

Reduced, Reused, Recycled.

And I’ll play my part even if others won’t because
Even this little bit counts.

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