Stimulation

A meditation on types of stress

Stimulation is a dicey

Call,

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For get too much and you

Bounce off the walls;

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But get too little and

You're playing the blues,

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Like a Christmas tree 

With a blown out fuse.

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I can't tell you how

To regulate it,

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For when a mood sets in,

It's hard to abate it,

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But for safety's sake,

Consider these lines:

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Either get down with

Decaf,

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Or chuck the cheap

Wine.

Author's Note

And if the mood hangs on for two weeks or more, get help ASAP.

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

I have to admit, I am off coffee and have been for sometime. Then I went a step further and gave up red vino. Wasn't easy to do, but I am beginning to see the difference already. Having said that I still don't sleep at night, because my mind won't rest.


Chris

[John the Baptist]

Thanks, Chris. If you haven't already, you might try yoga. It has helped me.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you for that. Always looking for better sleep. Will have to give it a try :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this really fits me these days with the pandemic...so few chances for stimulation, but when it comes it feels like too much...the spurts are real, they are over the top, and then the lulls which last just too too long.
j.

[John the Baptist]

Thanks, j. There has got to be some golden mean area we can occupy most of the time. But the pandemic with its stresses makes occupying that space difficult.