which is first,

a word or a thought?

by 유녕

Title: which is first, a word or a thought?


which is first, a word or a thought?


human uses five senses to know nature:


i see a fruit on a tree, then i think it would fill my hunger and satisfy my curiosity.
then my electronic signal sends a mission from my brain to lift my arm to pick it up.
then it invites everything i can do with my body—sniffing, drooling, rolling, throwing, smashing.
then—oh—it smells good; at least its juice is sweet.
to take or not to take, that is a life-hanging question now.
what the heck, too hungry to be an ape, so take one bite—tada—learned.
my tongue likes it, and my heart pumps fast with enjoyment from finding another edible item.


which is first, a word or a thought?


i am truly in love with you:


nothing is functional except my water-carrying cells,
for i have five senses. now i suffer from not seeing you enough.
why is it only twenty-four hours a day? whoever invented that pointless system?
must be a politician—british, or english politician.
now my nose finds a similar scent of his and gets me very excited
whenever it recalls me of the same perfume he wears.
my tongue—I don’t want my poem to be porn—but I know it is also waiting for his gentle kiss.
I just know it so. period.
oh, and my blessed ears are playing drums with his voice—low but still thoughtful.


so which is first, a word or a thought?


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