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1.
essentially the eyes reside above the brain stem
not unlike a jaguar in the canopy occasionally flicking her tail
or ants storming trees looking for tiny birds of thought which they will carry back in pieces, a crackling river
while vinca invades, entangles, violet flowers open to rain that is suddenly falling
I wake up, wondering at the sound after a month of silent snow
2.
brain, like the heart is only a piece of meat although cut in half
optic nerve spans cranium, splits at the chiasma, behind the thalamus pours into primary visual cortex (a river, a fiber)
how we prepare for travel informs how we prepare for death I am packing, unpacking making lists
3.
the tumor has grown into your optic nerve you are ending treatment
this thought
a hand crafted illustration in half-tone carried in the mouths of neurotransmitters to the nest of my brain
which tells my heart I love you
4.
how does the brain differ from the heart? both are chunks of meat we carry from one room to the next
5.
jaguar dissolves, becomes shadow of leaves
rain comes hard, sudden I run around, shut windows
windows that are already shut
6.
subject of our eyes is only light comes in broken, patched objects
upside down projected to the visual cortex where our brains make meaning against the back of our skull
stare at the shadows in a tree in time they become a jaguar whether one is there or not
7.
surgeon opens the brain, as he opened this morning's paper
left of the fold, an op ed piece on the war on terror, to the right
an ad for designer jeans two girls entangled with each other almost kissing
8.
the brain is a muscle with two hemispheres it has its own geography
gyrus, fissures, ramus equals a branch as in a river
there is pruning in early ontogeny perhaps insufficient
something to worry about, to those who know the difference between the heart and the brain
still
whether windows are closed or not closed rain, eventually makes it to the sea
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