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Cuddlefish

This work appears on page 152 of Holy Nonsense 2017
This work appears on page 89 of Holy Nonsense 2020
First published: Principia Discordia Forums

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No Subject Entered -Cuddlefish of the Infinite Regress – Things are as they are because they are. That’s the only explanation that you’ll get, As modern science or religion Haven’t found a better answer yet. To explain the fleshy brain we contain within our heads, We would have the need to create newly tangled synapse threads. So, to say, to know ones-self, individual or collective, We must stop being what we are and choose a new directive. So we understand the physical, the taking off and landing, But naught a brain exists alive that understands the understanding. Ouroboros’ has lain a curse upon the human mind. It seeks to see for itself the one thing it can’t find. Aware of self and self aware, it all seems rather careless, And also rather silly to be aware of self awareness. I dream a dream that dreams Of my dreams of dreaming. How on Earth could such a thing Result in any useful meaning?

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