Assimilate (rewritten)

[just mercedes]

Hi - short sharp thought here! A bit confused though.



Alteration or preservation?  Only
retrospection fastens us
to convention lest habit's beak I disagree that only retrospection fastens us to convention. A child learns habitual behaviour without knowing its basis or its history, and without having developed the ability to look back.
swallows it like mice, Does a beak swallow? Or is it the throat that swallows?
these diminutive corpses. corpses? then the previous line should read 'swallows them'

I appreciate your play with the sounds of words, and the imagery of 'habit's beak' is fresh. However, the basic premise doesn't hold water, for me.