Toxic State

Toxic State - Survival

My brain strains to know a challenge-
A mystery to solve, a frontier to cross, 
An equation to untangle...ANY ambition to 
Know any purpose of any being..
But my aged body cannot follow... its demands
For food and rest and doctoring are a brain's fulltime
occupation...no time for slack or serious play.
Alive.. still alive..the brain fights for its own
survival first of all

12/09/2016
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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December 10, 2016 at 8:09 AM
Painfully so for many, it's toxic for body and mind no doubt. Well spoken Larry.
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December 10, 2016 at 2:46 PM
Thank you for your comment. Always appreciated..Lary
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