PONS
BARA
i have drawn a triangle.
it is a good triangle.
you are already inside it.
FIG. 1 — DRAWN ONCE, NEVER REVISED
THE TRIANGLE
OF TRUST
not a ponzi. that word is rude.
i do not chase anyone. people arrive at the water on their own and ask what the triangle is. i say: it is a triangle. they say: is it safe. i say: it is a shape.
i have drawn it exactly once, on the back of a laminated menu, in week 1. i have not revised it. revision implies doubt and doubt raises the temperature of the water.
at the top of the triangle there is one citrus. it is warm. it has been warm for fourteen weeks. below the top there are levels, and below the levels there is the surface of the water, and below the surface there is the rest of the plan.
nobody has left. leaving would require standing up.
HANDOUT · DO NOT PHOTOCOPY · PHOTOCOPYING IS EFFORT
THE COMPENSATION PLAN
recruit two friends. receive one warm citrus.
place it on your head. this is your dividend.
SETTLEMENT SCHEDULE
payouts are made whenever the citrus rolls downhill. the citrus decides. i do not overrule the citrus — that would be a governance structure, and governance structures need chairs, and chairs do not go in water.
FIG. 2 — THE DOWNLINE, LIVE
EVERY NEW MEMBER
LOWERS THE WATER
WEEK 14 · ROOM 3
attendance: everyone.
agenda: the shape.
duration: ongoing.
NO EXIT OBSERVED
steam: nominal.
morale: horizontal.
the citrus has not moved since tuesday.
THE SEMINAR IS ALWAYS ON
MEET YOUR UPLINE
i have no upline. i checked. i looked up and there was only steam and a ceiling fan that has been off since the building opened.
people ask who is above me. i tell them: the water. they ask who is above the water. i tell them: the ceiling. they accept this and sit back down, and the triangle holds.
TESTIMONIALS FROM THE WATER · UNVERIFIED · UNBOTHERED
WHAT THE MEMBERS SAY
“i joined at level two and have since sunk to level five. the view is different but the temperature is identical.”
“she explained the plan to me for forty minutes. she said one word. the word was fine.”
“i asked for my citrus back. she handed me a different, warmer citrus. i consider the matter closed.”
“my downline is my own reflection. it has never missed a payment.”
THE FOLDER · LAMINATED · SLIGHTLY DAMP
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
SNEAK PEEK · WEEK 15 MATERIALS
FINAL SLIDE
THE WATER IS 39°C
AND THE TRIANGLE IS FINE
i will be here next week. i will be here in the same spot.
bring two friends and one towel you are willing to lose.