all gas
all flowing
river water
skull full of neurons making superstructures in there
infinitely complex but deceptively simple when it comes down to it
with a certain spark that must be magic
but it’s just the magic of emergent properties
or is that just the scientific phrase for magic nowadays?
the further you go into science the more you have to chock things up to magic
more and more hallways of knowledge
it's like scooby doo
you only get a certain amount of time per episode
you gotta handle the big threats
the ones that are in your way for real
no time to go after the little truths of the universe
the ones that exist in a single atom
just like that book i got dad that he never read and will likely never read
unless he undergoes a dramatic, phineas gage-like frontal lobe injury that changes his personality completely and causes him to value the things i recommend to him and stop giving his life away to this business that is entirely subject to the whims of bad actors
when will he learn he's not in control and never has been
when will he realize the american dream is nothing
it's hollow, the victory
the "other side" is the same as it is for everyone and always has been forever
death followed by oblivion
all these things he's building up in this life will be defeated and shrink into nothing
maybe that's why he seems to have a death wish, because he knows there’s absolutely nothing left
so he drinks himself into A Blivion and waits until sleep takes over
but even while he sleeps he can't find true peace cuz he has apnea which means he stops breathing which means his sleep is actually bad for him instead of good
it's like he's taking damage instead of getting healed
it's like the toxic ooze pokemon ability where when you use absorb you lose health instead of gaining
that's like his sleep
even though i've told him in every possible way that he's a little bitch for not getting cpap and everyone else does it
it seems like the more i tell him about how other people use it and it's universally recommended, the more he gets conspiratorial about it
but honestly who gives a fuck about that man
he can choke
there's never going to be any getting through to him
only thing that will build is resentment
and that's sad but it's true
i can't control his actions
you can't make someone act the way you think they should
we're all too enigmatic
we don't even obey our own commands
making certain headways in my own mind with little awareness of the things that have been said before
clear-eyed closed-eyed focus on the path ahead
ignoring the sinking feeling in my stomach from having so many boys on my phone in various states of conversation
the ones who i want not really wanting me back
and the other ones just kind of there
and who knows who else
and it's all very overstimulating
and i shouldn't allow myself to fall into this trap of thinking that the social world exists on my phone
like yes it kinda does
but it mostly does not
at the end of the day you're laying in bed with your eyes closed casting spells
and you have a witch hat on
and your stupid eyebrows make you look like that super christian girl who said god has smiled upon her
and tomorrow is monday
time for another great week in the life
who knows what will happen
we are going to just have to see how the seeds that we've sown will be reaped
infinite possibilities
i think i'm ready to switch over to the privacy and comfort of my own head
a little redux
some unfinished business
don't be alarmed if it's still weird
just stay the course and keep your head up and not down
keep that thing up
you're alive so look it
and act it
and make sure you have fun
and love yourself and those around you
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