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Amygdala Poems - Poems about Amygdala


Premium Member Bad Genes
My third wife is angry now, she knows that I cheated. But I like life on the edge, so I told her to pack up and beat it. Then I walked in Santa Monica, a man was lying in the path He was in obvious pain, but I gave a nasty laugh I passed a new store with an...

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Categories: amygdala, addiction, character, drug, fate,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member I Am Fear
Here I sit, as the King upon my throne. Logic bound and gagged by Fight and Flight. Amygdala, my Kingdom of hormones, turn up heart rate, improve hearing and sight. Perspiration, my signature cologne. ...

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Categories: amygdala, emotions, fear, feelings,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)



The Fog of the Altar
To Jules Verne A man feeling drowse at the top of the mountain, fell asleep. He dreamed dreams emanating from floods of seas. In remote droughts, he gave his fruit of smoke on a simple altar. Curd quartz opened solidifying thousands of stamens, they glowed like the warm reflection of the stars on the sand, the man kept close watch of...

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Categories: amygdala, change, faith, flower, gospel,
Form: Epyllion
Premium Member At the Seat of the Catacombs of Amygdala
"At the Seat of the Catacombs of Amygdala" "...the curse ruled from the underground down by the shore And their hope grew with a hunger to live unlike before..." The Curse Violet Black the night is still diving through oceans of stars now waking violins soaring in my heart’s crater speed to the seat of Amygdala Descartes moving closer anticipation,the...

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Categories: amygdala, daughter, imagery, journey, loss,
Form: Free verse
Amygdala Starved
Shut mine eyes and close my throat Cut from me my senses Maybe then my parting note Will drift back through my defenses Cut out my thoughts and burn my heart Amygdala starved and drowned Maybe then I’ll wait to part If first I bathe in silent sound Static, static, no reception When all seems quite lost My shining eyes for your deception Buried in warm...

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Categories: amygdala, anxiety, identity, sad, solitude,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member Amygdala
Tense eyes focus straight Lights flash by, movement make. Dazzle, horn, sounds cracks concentration Adrenalin surge, dark anticipation Expectation turns the anxiety key Why the hell is he doing this to me? Drive faster, risk take, fool make! Anger overtakes, rational thought dissipates Tense hold on steering wheel Expletives fly, braced to kill Car overtakes with reckless intent Screaming men, enemies make Cuts in front, hit...

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Categories: amygdala, anger, angst, psychological,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Ascending Amygdala
The human being… Who is worthy to bestow this title or its meaning…? Mortal beginners naming us damned sinners… Begotten is this son; created in the image, the human being the Holy Grail… Inquisitions; manipulations cloaking divine knowing with a consuming veil… My soul sings the truth of your wisdom… Joyous the song of the kingdom… I breathe you in from the...

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Categories: amygdala, introspection, peace, visionary, life,
Form: Lyric
Amygdala Colada
Ice cold pina colada: Melted coconut Jelly in pine apple juice Dark brown, rich sugar Cinnamon, a **** Now set loose Moans!...

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Categories: amygdala, art
Form: Epulaeryu

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