first person plural, n.All

The First person plural (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a heap of I’s added together; even unspoken, it is what allows any I to say I.

The First person plural (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠nothing to identify with: we must dis-identify from every ‘we’ that would be the subject of its own portrait — and reinvent the stage each time we walk on.

The First person plural (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠never universal: ‘we’ is said each time of some group, however small or large — and also on behalf of the whole mute universe of things, animals and people.