I have had enough.
I cannot cope with buckets of information thrown at me day in, day out. Recently I have been:
- learning names of current movers, shakers and losers
- following conflicts, debates and other developments
- sifting through facts and irrelevant data
- ignoring the latest spats on the feminist scene
- catching up on fashion trends
- ignoring parenting fads
- memorising Dear Zoo and Postman Bear so that I can recite them on demand in hope to distract Peanut from diving into the toilet
Do not get me wrong, I like knowing what is going on in the world and there is nothing I love more than a good debate but increasingly I have been feeling like sitting down with my hands over my ears and screaming blah blah blah at the TV, my iPod and its constant updates, newspapers, radio and all the non-fiction books piled in front of me.
There is only so much one sponge can absorb.
I have been trying to be on top of everything and as a result I have nothing to say about anything.
I am taking a break from the world of news and constant updates because this is what it is like to be my brain right now:
Stale Bread
My loaf of brain has gone stale, the crust is mouldy;
greenish-blue stink and sprouting hair, my last fresh slice wastes away.
I have nothing to say.
Bloody politics. Boring. VIPs and celebrities dangle
from my key ring. I don’t even try to understand
interest rates, independence twaddle and modern affairs.
Instead, I stuff my brain with carefully selected poultry grain.
Easy to digest and ready-made. No complaints.
There
you go and listen. I’ve tried to keep it fresh. Years of whizzing
through university. Vacuum packed knowledge. Exams were a breeze.
They teach you what goes into well-made bread – you recite
ingredients in your sleep. You have no idea
how to mix them.
My loaf of brain has dried out around edges.
Tough. Dear judge, I have tried.
Put me in prison for letting my brain go off.
Sartre, Kierkegaard and Plato will turn the key
and bury it under the last standing library.
I even froze that stale brain of mine,
plastic wrap, no silver screen and the so called smart
technology – an orgy for hot air that made my brain go stale.
It did not help. There is nothing left. The shelves are empty.
I have nothing to sell.
And you…Yes, you over there. No browsing allowed.
Either buy my stale loaf of brain or…
Go away.
I will buy it as stale bread can make the best bread and butter pudding! 😉
one of my favourite puds 🙂
Oh I so know what you mean…. I get so overwhelmed by information too, especially all the social networking, so I just leave it, until I am ready to immerse myself in it again – I use the quiet to knead my brain, let it rise again! (loved the anaolgy). X
Good thinking – I will do the same ..soon!
Oh I understand this very well. Hopefully your brain will feel fresh again soon x
Thank you – you try not to burn it in the toaster 😉
Love the bread analogy. This is a modern problem – information overload. I can relate to that a lot.
Thanks 🙂
I’ve raised being a stale bread brain to an art form (artisan stale bread, no less!) so will pass on your offer if it’s all the same… 🙂
Ha ha – ok then 😉
Absolutely love this. I am completely with you on so many aspects and your stale bread analogy fits perfectly. Another great poem. Thanks for linking to Prose for Thought x
Thank you 🙂
Yes. I feel like this too at the moment. There is too much going in and it just makes me go bleurgh and give up.
ah – maybe we both need a long rest!
Fab poem and what great imagery – loved this #Prose4T
Thanks 🙂