Show me the needle in the haystack
and the millisecond when turns the tide,
the world behind your words,
how to save face without pride.

Explain how to spare time without sacrifice
or to make first impressions twice.
Teach me to ignore gravity, age and taxes,
how to build castles when sand collapses.

Defend the weeds with highly developed resistance
or the sun that guards at the perfect distance.
Why are loved ones so much bigger in memory 
and why is bad luck better than not having any.

Identify for me chemicals that create loyalty, dedication,
and ideas that divide my world into nations.
What causes some thoughts to escape the subconscious 
and makes love so big, so rewarding and dangerous.

Do tell how to find Eureka!

B. Toner February 2023