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Above this highway cut
through forest either side
clouds build, in mind, a pyramid
or tree with road its trunk,
white cumulus as leaves–  
or single canopies, a bushy woodlot
forming greater foliage.

Minds don’t consist of cells
or nerves or ganglia–  
they're sewn from metaphors
and similes, all woven words
each signifying more
than single thoughts,
with one thread–
     “like”  
– which binds all meaning.

Above this highway cut
through forest either side,
clouds build what seems a pyramid
or tree with road its trunk,
white cumulus as leaves–  
or single canopies, a bushy woodlot
forming greater foliage.

Minds are not made of cells
or nerves or ganglia–  
they're sewn from similes
and metaphors, all woven words
each signifying more
than single thoughts,
by one thread, “like,”
which binds all meaning.