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Insomniac attack is back or Animalistical (I'm not even sure that is a real word but F.I.(that is an anachronism that means fudge it( unless you’re an adult then you know which word fudge is replacing(or a poor kid raised in the wrong environment in which case you have my deepest sympathies(which if I’m being honest isn’t very deep. Some peoples sympathy is as deep as the ocean, mine as deep as a glass of water(people often wonder if the glass is half empty or half full but given all the water frozen in the ice caps how come no one ask is the ocean 2/3 full or 1/4 empty(one last thing fish always see the ocean as full regardless of the anything) I'm beyond mythical I’m Animalistical Somewhat of a dull sphinx Or prophetic lynx The answer to my riddles Are riddles And the answer to those riddles Are more riddles Let’s get it out of the way And say It’s a riddle all the way down Which is not to say Anything I say Can be mistaken For something profound It’s a formless universe Without meaning Until you observe it otherwise And if your wise You’ll take care To the meanings you give And the meanings you accept When you see me And my magicians act My mouth is spouting out facts But those are just spoken to distract The thing they lack Is the thing you don’t observe I’m sure it seems All quite absurd Your brain is designed To find patterns And in the absence of such It just makes stuff up So how can you trust What you perceive Particularly When dealing with me Which is not to say Its not ok We’re all flawed In our own unique way (Is that a double negative Or a positive Or positively negative) Four lefts Make a straight Though some would say There is a problem With the way you navigate I would say I lost you But I don't think I ever had you Try three lefts And three rights I'm the animal king Of misinformation Like a platypus Look here I'm a duck Now look here I'm a beaver Now look here I'm an otter I can lay eggs Ok that's last part To much nonsense Even fur me so scratch it I can't my claws are poisonous Ok ok ok Here are your two problems One Your perception is limited A tiny bubble That needs to be burst So you can create A slightly bigger one Two The human brain Is susceptible To messages That are subliminal And you are constantly Under bombardment So I'm killing three birds With half a stone Making you smarter And deprogramming you If you think my math is wrong Your subconscious gets it Dumb people say Look at the big picture We say look at the biggest picture And you too Can be animalistical

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Date: 10/6/2019 5:21:00 AM
I don't know if you are open minded or close minded, however I see the bigger picture in all I do. However, I'll take a small stamp. Too much thinking can kill you. So, it's better to shut it down, before life becomes scary. ..... Thought for the day....... Spank 3 kids with one paddle... The Poet Destroyer was here.........
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Nathan D.
Date: 1/24/2020 5:26:00 AM
if too much thinking could kill me i would be dead a hundred times over. my mind is open but with advanced firewalls. see the biggest picture. biggest.
Date: 10/6/2019 5:12:00 AM
I disagree with you, I don't think fish see anything. (Their sense of survival in the under planet is rather fascinating ) They swim all day in one direction, live on instincts that might or might not end their forward vision.
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Date: 1/11/2018 9:56:00 AM
I enjoyed giving this one another read Nathan. I hope your New Year is starting off great!
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Date: 12/27/2017 9:58:00 AM
Now this is a fun read! A totally enjoyable ride from start to finish. There must be something wrong with me because it all settles quite well in my brain, therefore I have confirmation imy brain doesn’t quite work in the way one might expect. Thanks for the ride!!!
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Date: 12/26/2017 10:35:00 AM
Nathan D, so nice to see you posting again, and thanks for the visits to my poetry (that was nice) Now, for this poem, wow, so many thought provoking questions and answers, a meandering trip into your mind, I am dizzy but I LOVED the journey !
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Date: 12/25/2017 2:57:00 PM
OH, Nathan, you have a mind so different from mine. This is like rapping and thinking so freely while I am all about forms. I really liked your lines, like the one killing the three birds with half a stone and the different animals you compared yourself to. You are one of a kind , Nathan, and I accept you for who you are. Hope you are having a very merry Xmas day, and thanks for what you said to me on a reply I read of yours to me.
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Date: 12/22/2017 11:39:00 PM
Wow. This is magical, unrealistic, laden with fantasy, and precisely the uniqueness in poetry I love to find. A gem! Thank you for sharing your talent.
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Date: 12/6/2017 1:17:00 PM
I can relate to the above rambling on, Nathan! I'm rarely bothered by insomnia, but when I find it hard to sleep my mind travels in all directions, like a time machine. // Something made me look up your poetry today, and I was pleasantly surprised to see a couple of new posts from you. Hope you're keeping well. Regards // paul
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