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winners
this is the year of winners I will, win in my battle against my brain cancer I eagerly await the return of my memory I work on it every day. Since I have no job, healing is my responsibility. I … Continue reading
Posted in biological, brain, cancer, cared for, losing you, poem, waiting
Tagged existence, hope
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what white coats do
Walking their rounds, Stopping to scribble on steno pads, The stethoscopes stropping and whetting their eager minds Are perfect trim for the white coats. The wounded and ailing are lying dormant in mechanical beds Tubes embracing their veins are curious … Continue reading
Posted in biological, cancer, doctors, hospital wards
Tagged cancer, chemo, doctors, education, existence
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Never Fade Away
Don’t allow Biology to limit your view of You. Life is not like a machine. When it is explained as standard and mechanistic The approach is too limited. Ancient philosophy of science is a step back in time That shares … Continue reading
Posted in atoms, beauty, biological, brain, electrons, poem, theory of everything
Tagged cognitive theory, existence, on being, quantum theory
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Summerteeth
Summer chases me through nights trapped in Plath’s Bell Jar. I hear the story ringing and tinging on the glass. Summer nights scream to me “dream the moon.” Like childhood tea parties, at the bottom of the pool, don’t stay … Continue reading
Time Diminished? Increase your Awe
Tick tock Speeds up Temporal illusions are Mere brain constructions. Each year A southern Layer cake grows One, three, seven, nine, Layer caramel cake Grows to fifteen layers. Subjective are the perspectives Of the passing of time. Speeding are seconds … Continue reading
Posted in baking, biological, perception, poetry, time
Tagged layer cake, poem, poetry, the fall of human, time
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