BI-CEREBRATE

Now, for a little comedy, to balance out all that Weighty Stuff...OR IS IT?! (read in conjunction with "Bee Movie", for a different spin!)

 

BICEREBRATE

 

Every man, I’ve heard it said,

Has not one, but in fact, TWO heads

One head is large, the other, quite small,

But the Larger head has no mind at all!

 

The Small one owns its owner complete,

And drags him about by his own two feet

Making him do what he knows he mustn’t…

But the Large one has some things the smaller head doesn’t!

 

It alone knows Loving, and Feeling, and Caring,

And knows that Love’s not for Hurting, but Sharing

Thus, the Larger, though not stronger, is Kinder,

And MUST be consulted ‘fore the Small seeks to find her!

 

March, 1992

Reviews

[Zahra]

really enjoyed this poem, though very humorous, but not without a true, deep meaning. :)

[TL Boehm]

This little "vintage" bit made me chuckle! Nice!

[Mark]

Thank you, Tammy! Hey, who can argue with making a pretty girl smile, right?

[Claire Twinn]

Very funny and sadly too true I suspect! Not sure how the two heads consult though....

[Mark]

We rely on YOU guys to let us know who's in the "ascendancy" at the moment--pun QUITE intentional!

[Samuel Dickens]

Oooo-boy. You've revealed our secret, Mark! (Well, maybe not. I suppose the gals already knew)
"Sam never done much thankin' with his head, and left that chore to his wiener called "Fred."

[Michael G.]

Excellent thoughts here, Mark. A wonderful write. This from the big head with the smaller brain.

[Mark]

Gosh, that's refreshing, meeting someone who looks beyond the first page! Thanks, Mike!

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amusingly insightful write :) Enjoyed reading it, sir :)

[John]

A witty reflection on our dual competing nature, reason vs feeling and empathy. It's always interesting to see which side the writer favours, and in this case I think it's with the larger head, even though it doesn't have a mind. Emotion and empathy are more important than logic and reason. I'd like to make a case for both heads trying to co-exit peacefully, but I know it will probably never happen!

[Dr. Wood ?]

great title...And a great write, I, as you know...am a man of few words...only joshing...My small head liked this but not until my bloody BIG head explained it

[Rick Puetter]

Hi Mark,

Yes, there are such divided drives in the human creature. We are a combination of the primitive and the more advanced. We are neither one or the other, and always pulled between the two poles. Generally we find ourselves in the middle somewhere. This struggle we'll never fully resolve as it is a part of our being.

Fun write and also thought provoking.

Greatly enjoyed!

Best regards,

Rick

[David Lewis Paget]

Reminds me of a game we used to have in England when I was a kid. Called the magician or some such name, a little stand up figure holding a wand out front. You'd put it on the mirror in the centre (which had a magnet underneath), point it to a question, and it would spin around and point to the answer. I sometimes felt a bit like that when a blonde would pass me in the street, i.e. spin around and point in the general direction. lol. I think the magnet wears out a bit by my age however; now I only half turn, and get the wrong answer anyway.