"Spannocchia"

by Jon Carver, Cohort ’25

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The locus of consciousness?  

Everywhere. 

Consciousness. 

Neither dualist nor materialist; but both.  Neither nature nor nurture; but both. We are all of our bodies  

more nothing than something.  

Emptiness abounds. 

She is our grandmother 

who has come into the room  

on the wings of thought  

the gecko on the ceiling 

watching over me again. 

Thank you, grandmother 

for carrying my prayers.