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July 02, 2013

Bluesanelle of the Day: An Essay on Thinking

Rene Descartes-Rene Descartes

AN ESSAY ON THINKING

Or, Putting Descartes before the Hearse.

 

By Lewis Turco

 

"I think; therefore, I am," I think.

I think I think I am, I think,

But I can wink out in a blink --

 

In fact, I think I have done so,

But if I have, how do I know

I think? Therefore, I am, I think,

 

Unable now to think I think

Because I am not now, I think,

For I have winked out in a blink.

 

I wish I had a mirror now

To see if I can wink somehow,

For that might prove that I can think

 

If I could see how I might wink

Myself awake in just a blink

To prove myself alive, I think.

 

I thought; therefore, I was, I guess,

Before I got into this mess

Of thinking to myself, I think,

Before I winked out in a blink.

 

Copyright © Lewis Turco 2013, all rights reserved.

 

 

 

 

July 02, 2013 in Blues, Bluesanelles, Commentary, Essays, Humor & Satire, Literature, Poems, Poetry, Verse forms |

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