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An Old Poem From The Mid ’90s

Abstract –LE – Ink (Micron pens) on paper

I posted this about a year ago. Thoght I’d give it another go…; -)

Stew and Recipe

Closing, the waking dream unfolds, the path to consciousness — untold,
The printer hums, the keyboard clicks, the cursor blinks,

    1 human brain (shredded).

The surge crashes, the mind blanks — consciousness returns.

    2-much stock (quantum soup — quarks, mesons, pisons, and other subatomic nutrients — unprocessed).

Bio-transducer/receiver translates the quantum runes,

    3 Blend stock with brain lightly (leave a little lumpy).

Imposes color, shape, and texture — defines the spume, but

    4 Simmer over low heat until chewable.

No substance, no matter, no sound, just the receiver/soup-bone,
Giving flavor to the stew.

    5 Self-serves one.

–LE – Circa 1995, updated 2024

When I wrote this, very few people ‘got’ it. In fact, a few, including my girlfriend at the time, thought I might be a real deviant… Some still don’t get that it’s about the brain as the transceiver of any and all reality, based on my readings of Fritjof Capra’s Tao of Physics and a few other quantum physics related books I’d read prior to writing this poem.

Liam Eddy

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14 responses to “An Old Poem From The Mid ’90s”

  1. I interpreted your poem as telling what was physically going on in the brain when writing, but that’s as far as I got. Deciphering it all is beyond my knowledge base. Interesting, though…

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    • And generally, I think that once a poem is put out there, it’s pretty much irrelevant what the author truly had in mind. It’s in the hands and interpretations of the readers. But in this case, let me explain a little of my thought process.

      After reading several books on quantum physics, I decided to try and make a prose-poem that resembled a recipe. Since the physicists generally refer to our reality as the quantum soup, I thought I’d relate its ingredients to a soup recipe. Since many soups get some of their flavor from a ‘soup-bone’, I decided to portray our brain and its perceptions as the quantum soup’s soup-bone, i.e., our perceptions filter all the quantum constituents and provide our brains with a sensual picture of ‘reality’.

      That’s basically it. Unfortunately, most people just didn’t get that… What can I say?…; -)

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      • The vast majority of people–including me– aren’t as well read regarding scientific ideas as you. And I don’t know about you, but I write a poem to please me; I’m not thinking about tailoring it to someone else’s liking or understanding. I think good fiction writers, ones not bending and shaping their words to suit the buying market, are the best out there, but it’s hard for them to get published. From about 1985 to 1995, I wrote six novels, and though during that time, I picked up two literary agents, they failed to place my books. I finally threw in the towel and turned to short stories.

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      • It’s nothing to do with ‘well read’. It’s just a subject that fasinates me, and I’ve only read a few books for lay-novices. As I think it was Max Planck, who said, “Anyone who thinks they understand quantum physic, doesn’t understand quantum physics.” I’m not sure it’s humanly possible to truly understand that physics.

        Personally, I’ve never been interested in marketing my ramblings, so have never had to consider a marketed audience. I’ve only hoped that those I’ve read to, from open mic stages and those who have read my various blogs, got something out of the experience.

        Do you think I’d be interested in any of your novels? Anything along the lines of ‘witches’ or ‘wolf changelings’ or the like?

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      • The six novels I wrote I would classify as “Southern gothic”. In the last one I wrote, a young witch was the protagonist, and I think that’s the only one that had a supernatural element to it.
        Did you ever read any of my Kingdom Come stories that are set on an alternate Earth? I published them on a previous blog, but I think that’s was before I knew you. Four of those were published in magazines before I shared to my blog. I think those are my favorites. As for the novels, they all need a good editing.

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      • No, I don’t think so. I read a couple of short pieces that may have been chapters on one of your older blogs. I don’t know how long you’ve been blogging. I think I’ve only been aware of you for a year or two. I only become aware of bloggers when they like one of my posts. Then I check out their blogs, and if their posts resonate with me, I follow them, then see most everything from then on. I’m sure that’s how I first encountered you. It’s no slight on anyone. It’s just that I post just to put my voice out there. I’ve never gone looking for random blogers to follow. It just seems to happen organically… And I’m pleased to have become acquainted with you…; -)

        I’m not sure what ‘Sothern gothic’ even is… I’ve been caught up in SciFi, fantasy, ‘who done its’, philosophy, and ‘lay-physics’ for so long, I’ve not had much time for other genres… though recently, I’ve read a couple of enemies to lovers fantasies… not something I’d ever imagined would inerest me… go figure…; -)

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      • Though I hardly ever write SciFi, it’s my favorite genre to read and watch, followed closely by psychological thrillers. I’m also interested in philosophy and abnormal psychology, and have taken some online classes on both.
        At a dare from the drummer I spoke of, I wrote a short story a few years back about werewolves, but it’s not something I could publish here. Too graphic…I’d classify it as erotica. And another dealing with BDSM. Again, something not appropriate for this blog. I still have the 1st on my desktop…not sure about the second.

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      • I’m with you on most of that, but not too into psychological thrillers … too much of that in ‘real life’ (IMHO)… Any more, I read to escape reality, not just fictionalized versions of its horrors…

        So, werewolves erotica? Interesting… I don’t suppose there’s anywhere to sample it…; -)

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      • Yes, but I didn’t realize I did until I poked around a little while ago and looked at my subscriber list. I can’t believe I’ve blogged off and on for around 20 years and never noticed before. Duhhh…🙄
        If you wish, tomorrow I’ll get on my desktop, find the story, and send it to you.

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