From Many To One

Craig Childers 1964 (Santa Cruz)



The brain strives to expand from one to many
In a society of abundance and plenty

There was a time in our recent history
With so much innovation and creativity

Music was driving down various streets
With new styles, voices, and unheard of beats

Semi conductors began to launch their flight
Permeating adversity through its plight

Technologies were expanding in all its ways
Allowing all of us to extend our days

Some of them saving us dollars and pennies
While the brain was travelling from one to many

But somewhere along our times way
The brain became stagnant with little to say

Road blocks to music and its automation
Made talking not singing become revelation

Innovation began to comfort its recliner
As the rich get richer with a life much finer

And no matter what media you direct your mind
They’re all identical amidst their ratings grind

And brain atrophy begins its assault
While delusional pons become their cult

Harvesting and distributing their relentless fears
To indoctrinate others for support and its cheers


Chaos ensues and to no one do they abide
While they reel in the vulnerable, who are anxious to side

In so many places, like father, like son
As their brain as director, goes from many to one

About this poem

I am trying to decribe how the brains memory utilization in people is getting worse. Music has more repetitive automation in it, and in the film industry, they are remaking everything, or producing seuquel after sequel, as if we are afraid of taking a chance on creativity. Stereotypes and prejudices are growing, and relate this to memory utilization and the brain.

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Written on February 04, 1964

Submitted by Craigdna on November 13, 2023

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Scheme AA AA BB CC DD XA EE FF GG HH XX II JJ FF
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,231
Words 225
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

Craig Childers

I do landscaping, labor, and bookkeepinig for a living, and I enjoy researching, reading, music, poetry, writing, and creating projects to work on to engage myself. more…

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