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my brain
is two cities
one built directly atop the other
each a civilization
that spans the entire globe
all their highways and networks
for information transfer

but a great comet came
and covered the earth with ash
thick as a new crust
and a whole new city grew
and it spread across the earth
but

once in a while
a cavity forms
and a square mile drops
and a cascade
of city blocks collapsing
revealing the city below
and all its networks still intact

and just like that
I can feel everything I ever felt
when I loved her
and wanted to be married forever
and wanted to be old and retired
and the soulmate I made of her
and in the absence of that
no citizens know where to stop
or how to get back
to the holy city atop