It all begins in womb,
with sensations felt
of warmth, and touch
of snake entwined.
Proprioception is
how it’s called,
to sense what
senses whisper
soft and low.
From there the message
travels round and
down to muscles
that rebound.
Though not all at once,
but somewhere
early up in line,
a note is taken.
That note becomes
a memory that
can be replayed,
independent of
sensation new, to
twitch those self-same
muscles once again.
Why and when will that
memory be replayed?
In order to maintain
a form of comfort.
By name, homeostasis,
or “steady as she goes”.
Sense, sense, and more
sensations bombard
our blossoming brains.
What to do?
Which way to turn?
More and more, notes are taken
as reflexes are delayed.
Cry out, we do, in
great displeasure.
Just how, how was comfort lost?
And how again
can it be found?
In vain, we rummage through
all memories, left and right.
No help is coming from without.
They understand us not?
Perhaps not even care?
Desperate now, we try some
harebrained combination
hoping it might work.
Oh my, it works. Take note.
In fact, take special note.
Put a label on it.
We’ll call it “good idea”.
Hooray. Call forth all “good ideas”.
We need them every day.
But even more than that,
we need them keep us all,
safe and pure of causing harm.
Hail Hail all “good ideas”
as stagger ever onward we,
through all life’s trying tests
and scary stark unknowns.
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Saturday, October 1st, 2022
Bridgman
MI
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