Classroom Anesthesia by Rich Murphy

Knowledge produces ether from what becomes familiar. Brothers and sisters have begun to snore at twenty. The scientist doesn't remember the scientific method moments after any experiment. Robots and zombies perform morning and evening bathroom routines. Laundry lists remove frontal lobes before medical procedures and hold them hostage for ransom. Bumping into the same furniture in different ways, fools stay awake to live full lives. Tradition's headboards carved from marble for the country graveyard alarm no one. Random experiences save us from the habits of prayer. Eureka and repetition meet in the operating room soon after hallelujah, unless human beings outsmart each day their god given rites.

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