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Prose Challenge of the Week #49 : Use this sentence to inspire your piece of poetry or prose: "We are all broken." The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100 and will be placed first on our Spotlight page and the runner-up will receive 1000 coins. When sharing to social media, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge #getlit #itslit
Cover image for post Brainguzzle, by AmandaCary
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AmandaCary

Brainguzzle

"We are all broken."

Dare we take this

Statement

and

STOP.

Then

Refurbish

Hold it above

In question

For all to witness

Discrimination at its best

With every eye upon it

Wait for it

Judgment

And

Justice to it is DUE!

Due to its torment

Of you and you and you

And

Me

....Of course

NOW

I repeat this statement

"We are all broken."

Ever so nimbly

Insert this (?) punctuation

And fairly observe

You see

Without too much pause

Pause...

"We are all broken?"

I must point directly

At a firsthand ponder

p..o..n..d..e..r

...

..

.

..

...

Oh yes!

To be broken

When speaking of a

THING

Implies that once it was a

W

H

ole

And to be whole

When speaking of a

Thing

Implies that it has once been

__COMPLETE

(in)

Some form or another

And to be complete

Implies that a thing is done growing

Or

shrink

ing

....

...

..

.

But a thing

Without much examination

Is easily watched

OO

And

Never grows

___•___

Nope

So we must apply our

Distinction here

To

THE

HUMAN

FORM(ING)

All flesh and blood and marrow

Gizzards and teeth and bones and holes

CELLS

Nuclei

And

Carbons

And

Dioxides

With

H. E. A. R. T. S.

All literal

And

hearts

All metaphysical

And

B

R

A

I

N

S

To always

Weigh us down

When we drift

                                      ...Adrift

What you have here before you

Folks

Is a moving

Breath....

Of cogs and whistles

Layers of

layers of

layers of

LaYeRs

Always in search of

Definition

And

AFFIRMATION!

A

High falootin'

Shootin'

Tootin'

and

Rootin'

HUMAN

Who

Reasons And Seasons

His

Way around town

A shifting

In                    l

                         i

                           q

                        u

                     i

                d

           s

And gasses

With a few solid (soiled? soloed?)

Masses

If you pour 

The rest 

     ....follows...It's a matter of physics

Your insides are

drawn.to.your.insides

And when human rises

It RAISES

All bright

And then

Faded

But never forgetting

The meaning

Of

       ...       ... 

   ........ L .........

     ...... O ......

          ..V..

            E

Which itself has no meaning

It's only a feeling

An idea

Or perhaps a few neurons

Dancing around

With oxytocin

And serotonin

Oh this LOVE

THIS MOST HORRIBLE THING

oh this

...l..o...v...e...

This most coveted thing

This thing that inspires

This thing that

This thing

This

Creates (that feeling of)

B

R

O

K

E

N

Us

And

Broken

YoUs

Oh, this one...

No need for explaining this one

Damn

Nope, we will come back to this one

Next week

For NOW

BroKe. N.

Is fallacy

In

THE

HUMAN

FORM(ing)

You are liquid

We are MASS IDEA

Of love and matters

Of brains and OXYheartin'

And there are no

p.

i.

e.

c.

e.

s.

There is never and will there never be a

WHOLE

There is only waxing

And waning

And shifting

And changing

Of

Hurting

And healing

And lying

And feeling

And

HUMAN

In PERFECTIVE

Perspective

There is only

Us

And

You

And

We

Ideas we're cognitin'

ignitin'

to

Enlighten

The

Whys (wise?)

So rest easy

In your Solidified liquid masses

That you

(in no need for a fixin')

Are

PERFECTLY PERFECT

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