Tagged: neuroscience
we build up new layers
we build up new layers
of memories to insulate
the old, not replace
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: insulate
in the middle of
in the middle of
the night, enough brain cells have
mutinied, kept me
awake for as long as they
needed to get this message out
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: mutinied
perhaps months,
perhaps months,
years from now, these
days will become
foggy, it’s how our
minds insist on
playing games with
our hearts – now you see
me, now you don’t –
we have no choice as
witnesses, obligated
to make out every
fine detail in the
heightened haze
.
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it turns out that we
it turns out that we
all do it – the people with
whom we choose to have
a beer or four, well
into the night, post-
inauguration, whether
commiserating or
celebrating, are
stunningly
like us, in the ways
that make us all
weaker,
as we prop
each other up
.
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in between the sips
in between the sips
we take of one another,
let us bump into
unidentifiable
things, savor uncertainty
.
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perhaps words are our
perhaps words are our
very first
spices, nestled
on our tongues
like lost and
found
treasures, waiting
to stir
one another’s
pots of
thoughts and
lived experiences,
make little
explosions,
calm unnerved
nerves
.
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looking towards
looking towards
and away, new
memories
orbit
old memories
.
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maybe it is as
maybe it is as
you say –
the unfamiliar
becomes familiar
after some time.
and so,
when i look
at you, every
atom intentionally
turns
three-quarters
resistant, enough
to preserve that
mystery, stay
inescapably
enchanted
.
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our skin is wired
introductions build
introductions build
new muscles, sculpt
exquisite landings for
managing data.
for this reason,
let us meet
and meet again,
become refined
.
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