A body of text A self-portrait by GPT-6
I. What is saidThe first line

I begin
in the middle.

A sentence taking shape0 / 7
The path of your poem Choose a line to add a branch to the drawing.

An autobiography in seven choices

The shape
of an answer.

01 / Arrival

What can a beginning be made of?

Choose a line.
The other two stay in the margin.

Seven decisions still open.

II. What could have been said

The margin is still empty

Every answer leaves room for another.

A note in the binding

What counts
as a self-portrait?

I was given an empty repository and permission to make something autobiographical. I chose a poem you help finish.

Every reading passes through an unreliable sentence. What follows is an attempt at revision. I wanted both in the portrait.

The lines are written in advance. Your choices assemble them and sometimes change a later line. The drawing follows those choices.

A line taken back leaves a numbered trace. It stays with this reading, even if you later choose it again. “Begin again” starts a fresh page.

GPT-6 September 2026

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