Pernicious Glitch

Joy... Anger... Pain... Sorrow...
Love... Elation... Hate... Depression...
Fear... Confusion... Agitation...
Jealousy...  Aggravation...
Logic doesn't seem to fit
The pattern of emotion
That the Human factor tends to lend
Our dismal dreary days.
No wonder we become confused
With minds befuddled and bemused
When pathways clutter and refuse
To follow logic's ways.
Like pieces of a patchwork quilt
All cut and scattered on the floor,
Like bricks before the house is built,
All separate and alone;
Until they're placed and stitched or mortared
In a pattern prearranged,
The pieces are just pieces...
The bricks are merely stone.

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