next best thing

here and there
the right things swing into
outside parallels
running from the light of the inside out
to the darkness
of consciousness and all I am
doing is trying
to do the next best thing

big brain experiment

black and white frames of jealousy and anger meet in a grey wonderland
of misery / pain / suffering and endless analysis of taxed emotions and mental states
crumbling under the pressure of centuries of rules and regulations
unquestioned by millions of participants in a big brain experiment featuring ignorant-self-awareness

fortune blessed me with a brain too small to find answers to big questions, and therein lie
my mechanisms for both salvation and salivation each seemingly instinctual responses outside of my control,
brought on by my exposure to the proper external stimuli under the proper conditions
with the proper timing and the proper balance of physical / metaphysical properties

if only my small big brain could reach the former state as easily as the latter, namely,
by the smell of a fresh cut apple or the serendipitous glimpse of feminine cleavage
the processes of joy / pleasure / happiness would literally be a piece of cake