I feel there are things I am on the verge of forgetting
things my brain has summarized
but in a way that misses their critical distinctions
purposefully, in favor of an easy slotting into a known cubby where weakened strains are punching bags for a psychic immunity
that fiercely maintains its perimeters
I need to brush back against them in their native fauna
to repopulate my neural diversity

It is difficult to retain what you have learned unless you practice it. It is difficult to retain what you have learned unless you practice it. —Pliny the Younger —Pliny the Younger