{"id":93,"date":"2026-03-21T23:47:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T23:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/cnewf001\/?p=93"},"modified":"2026-04-02T03:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T03:03:17","slug":"i-wrote-a-poem-about-the-brain-unfortunately-its-also-about-being-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/cnewf001\/2026\/03\/21\/i-wrote-a-poem-about-the-brain-unfortunately-its-also-about-being-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"I Wrote a Poem About the Brain. Unfortunately, It\u2019s Also About Being Alive."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There\u2019s a new piece up on the site:<\/strong> \u201cJourney Through the Limbic System.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Which, yes, does sound a little like the title of a cursed science fair project or an elective you accidentally take at 8:00 a.m. and never emotionally recover from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I promise it\u2019s more interesting than that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This new page lives in the more immersive, inward-looking corner of the site. It\u2019s built around a poem that moves through the emotional architecture of the mind regarding memory, instinct, fear, attachment, and all the little alarm bells and ancient echoes that make a person feel like a person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or, depending on the week, like a haunted filing cabinet full of wet CVS receipts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t want this piece to function like a neat explanation of emotion. That would be suspiciously tidy, and the limbic system is not exactly known for its customer service skills. Instead, the poem leans into movement, sensation, and accumulation. It\u2019s interested in what it feels like to pass through the parts of yourself that react before language catches up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s far more interested in what it feels like to pass through the parts of yourself that react before language and logic catch themselves up to speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve spent enough time on this site already, you know I\u2019m drawn to the places where rhetoric, narrative, identity, and inner life start melting together. This piece belongs to that same family. It\u2019s less about argument on the surface, maybe, and more about the strange machinery underneath it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The feelings that drive interpretation before we ever even call them ideas, if you must.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if you\u2019re in the mood for something a little more atmospheric, a little less orderly, and maybe a bit uncomfortably familiar, go take a walk through it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read it once for the language.
Read it again for the damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check it out here: Immersive \u2013 Static Pages, Moving Meaning<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

xoxo
gopissgirl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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