food for thought [and] all those people you sort of know

food for thought 

~

Buddhists teachings note 

that focused, deliberate thought 

holds much of the same influence

as

an external action, and 

there is some agreement with this 

to be found 

in more recent scientific literature. 

for instance, professional chessplayers 

can markedly increase their metabolism 

just weighing the advantages & disadvantages 

of taking one route towards victory 

over its alternative/s, as though 

the fingers of a clever seamstress 

had removed & repaired various 

portions of the hippocampal-loop in order 

to edify, illustrate, harness its wealth 

for man to leap from and still remember 

its dearly primitive origins. 

as though some deeper chamber awaited, 

regardless. 

many billions of humanless years have transpired, 

and many billion will follow 

with- 

or without us

yet the lasting Earth 

remembers 

all her misfortunes. 

**** 

all those people you sort of know 

~ 

my ancestors certainly weren't 

territorial people-- 

nameless great-grandparents in the wind 

of Scotland, Spain until likely trade 

with the Filipines where Nana Linda 

gave birth to her 1st son, Richard, my 

father... there is little 

of credibility of Numeranio, 

ghost figure who drew my possibility 

into the day. (Nana was a pregnant 

woman in her 20s when she sailed to 

America in the late '40s, married 

again, etc.) 

I think about other countries but mostly 

besides Canada Mexico this is the only 

one I've really lived in. (so far.) 

I also know, have 

some German, Italian 

despite all else about my mother 
I cannot take at face value. 

...But even nihilism and cool tones make 

a sound, and within us is every 

step

we've taken and 

will 

yet. 

****