Soft skin covered in fine blond hairs
To stroke it was like touching velvet
Or is that just my memory embroidering the page?
Memories are not reality
They are not the moment; the instant
They are The Bayeux Tapestry
(And that was an embroidery; and not from Bayeux)
So we are back again to our need for folklore and magic
Religion and conspiracy theories
The triumph of ape brain over upstart neo-cortex
We are not rational; we are humans
We are not irrational; we are humans
But it really was... like... stroking velvet...
