let a man be lost
for once in his lifetime
to live out his whole life
all in a night's time
to sit in his own mind
stare out at the skyline
to know that he's got plenty of time
left in his lifeline.
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In the 1950's, a surgical procedure for the brain called the frontal lobotomy became popular. The surgery separated the frontal lobe of a patient's brain and left patients without personality, dulled, and emotionally blunt. I was always afraid that growing older would give me a lobotomy. So here's to preserving my frontal lobe...