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through classical conditioning
i have learned to appreciate mozart and haydn
as an infant i reacted negatively to loud noises
like the opening chords of chopin's opus 28, number 20
screaming, crying and turning my back to them
i have learned to play opus 28, number 20
through romantic conditioning
i have learned to long for your embrace
the beauty of your face is hidden within me
in my lizard brain
my wang responds to the abstracted form of some lumps of flesh
sauteed with garlic in olive oil
i drool
through pavlovian conditioning i have learned to enter italian restaurants
just ring the bell
doors often have instructions on how to enter
a priori i cannot deduce
that i would want to reproduce with you
a posteriori i can say that your posterior pleases something within me
because of object permanence i know that you still exist, even
when i don't see you
but that doesn't explain why I'm still lonely while you're here
perhaps it is because I can discern the difference between symbol and symbolized
this is why I do not put my feet into images of shoes
And why I still feel empty when you hold me
Sebastian Denault