removed tanka

a man didn’t fit—
i witnessed the full measure—
his limbs were removed,
and mailed in an envelope
that read: anywhere but here.

What I’m Reading:

Vivid memories that flash into the mind’s eye might be made in the primary visual cortex, the same area of the brain that processes raw visual input from the eyes.

— Julian Nowogrodzki / “How the ‘mind’s eye’ calls up visual memories from the brain” / Nature