it seems that my former proficiency with numbers
leaks out of my head
until I'm adding 52 as 54.
Consciousness evolved as a defense mechanism -
evolving, as punctuated equilibrium to external stimuli.
The stimulus - florescent light, adjectives and adverbs.
Natural selection against numbers. Gradualism against symbols.
The accountant forgets how to use the correct form
of their, there, they're.
And the toll booth attendant forgets
how to treat people in a social situation.
(Which is I guess why they're always talking on their cell phones.)
(Training for a future social situation.)
(One where they're not alone, in between 20 second interactions with strangers.)
(Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.)
If:
Man, being alive, conscious and afraid, forgets how to live.
And:
Woman, being alive, conscious and afraid, forgets how to live.
We learn from the Bible:
God is faithfully unafraid.
Therefore:
God is not alive.
