Corridors

“Corridors of the Mind”
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electrochem pathways
that bend and chicane
through neuronal history
doors set their walls
portals closed upon chambers
where caches of treasure
knowledge cumulative
within DNA channels
come down through the ages
of natural selection
but only the bona fide
curious intellect
cares to keep keys
that open the locks
guarding wisdom of men
while the rest of the race
merely uses these routes
for their quick coasting
thoroughfare broaching a
blissfully blithe state of
conscious indifference
undriven to know any more
than what finds their
next comfortable meal