Friday, August 26, 2022

Sedimentary responses


Our response to those behaviors we observe, 
The ones that often irritate or delight us, 
May well be fueled, 
 Not by the behaviors themselves, 
But by our own internal sediments: 
Layer upon layers of sentiment, 
Masking, mounding over, or protecting us 
From some long-ago landslide experience 
 Of ecstasy or pain.

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