Spaghetti Head


Everything is in such a tangle

it’s impossible to explore

where the threads lead,

impossible to work out

these coloured threads of a life

intertwined like spaghetti

scrambled in my head.

The outside is much simpler

much more solid 

more concrete

building blocks

of comprehension.

But even so

I can’t make sense of them

can’t manage to put the shapes in order 

and as soon as they enter my head

they are shredded into looping noodles,

beautiful hoops and tangles.

And beauty seems more important

than compressibility.

Perhaps I’ll grow 

to understand them in time

those colourful threads of life

intertwined round and round

like spaghetti inside my head.


https://masticadorestaiwan.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/spaghetti-head-by-lynn-white/

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