Short Limbic Poems

The Neocortex
Thinks, the Limbic System feels
What the heart reveals –

Yet Amygdala
Lurking near (though tucked away)
Truly rules the day!...

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Amigdala cells perished by apoptosis,
Sommer's sector succumbed to sclerosis,
Limbic system exists 
In drug-induced bliss...
"You are doomed-
 That's your long-term prognosis"...

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Marrakech and Bangladesh
       My recall's not that fresh...

     On to the parts of the limbic system
       In school, I usually missed 'em

     Quarks, photons, bosons, and gluons
       Art class? Cut and paste?

     All that stuff you're supposed to learn
       ~ Seems like quite a waste...

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Lunar eclipse plunges me in shadow.
Orbital, I spin in the dark.
Nebulas, I am insignificant amongst many,
Extra-terrestrial, alone and apart.
Limbic, I drift with creation.
Interstellar, I reunite with my past.
Neutron stars, immense galaxy dustbins,
Eat planets while I watch, aghast.
Severance, I have never felt so keenly,
Screaming, cart-wheeling, into the dark....

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The Limbic System controls the Heart
The Frontal Cortex Reason
It also tells You what is smart
And lets you know what isn’t

The Heart allows to feel the Gut
The instinct for survival
The Feeling that to Justly act
When Dangerous Fears abound

The heart tells one to carefully watch
If Friend actually suit you
Although the Brain weights out the facts
For the selection truthful 

Selection quote # 1
1. "The heart is forever inexperienced."...

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