yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn

see note for reviewers.

oh sweetly coveted

pandiculation,

i take this moment from the general rat race,

that never-ending flow of word, thought & deed to

touch the sky while keeping my feet pulling from my own

lower torso while

bending, twisting & contorting for

a moment of muscular refreshment

feeling the energy releasing from the stretching &

the solace that comes with breathing out

while just barely avoiding sleep

in anticipation of that inevitable collapse to come---

still, the

attempt to reach all the corners of the earth

while opening our mouths as wide as we can

unifies us with the rest of our species as well as

those living amongst us on four legs,

two clawed or legs

bearing talons---

it makes one wonder if fish yawn...

hmmm.

 

*after a finnish study on

“yawn contagiousness,”

we’ve found that

the mirror-neuron system which normally functions when we

consciously mimic someone else in the attempt at

learning,

does not work in the same manner when we

yawn---

in fact there is a belief that a certain part of the brain,

the left periamygdalar region

(associated with unconscious facial expressions)

may deactivate---

even more fascinating is the idea that

our ancestors may have yawned in order to show others that

their alertness level was fading

so that mutual sleeping patterns could be worked out in the

day--

regardless of the reasons why we

yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn,

it does feel so good to have a great

stretch,

don’t it?

Author's Note

*while this is a paraphrased summation (not thought to be “original” work), the whole of the study ”Why is yawning contagious?” March 2005, can be found at
LINK: http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/050309_yawnfrm.htm