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Light Reading or Reflections on our Existence

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On a clear day I look at the sky and say it’s blue. When you look at that same sky you will most likely agree. But how do I know that the color you call blue looks like what I call blue? Hold on.   No need to go searching for your bag of weed !   Most of us have pondered this.   And yes, I know this conversation is often THC induced.   But potheads aren’t the only ones curious about perception.   So don’t bogart this subject , my friend.   You are going to have to share these pensive contemplations with scientists. One day my buddy and I were headed out to a show at a local club.   I was driving.   We were on one of the busiest multi-lane streets in the entire southeast.   I was hyper-focused on the cars weaving in and out of lanes, the brake lights flashing, and the tractor-trailer that was one inch from my rear bumper! My friend was riding shotgun.   Out of nowhere he shouts, “Good God!!!” I stomp on the brake,...

An Escape from Insanity and it ain't Up on the Roof

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My Cellar My cellar is the Amygdala Of my house Primordial dust of ancient warmth Settle and rise Settle and rise Emotional soot lingering Beneath the visible structure A hollowed space in the earth Designed to house the fire Of survival A cave dug in salute To our evolutionary predecessors An Escape from surface life by LeGette