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Harebrained

As a direct approach to learning,
I've taken a straight razor to my hairline
and peeled back the scalp.
I am now inserting the literary works
of Homer, Hemingway, and Dickens.
Perhaps I'll toss in some philosophy as well.
Plato, Socrates, and, ah yes, Aristotle.
The last bare spot's reserved for Freud,
atop my oblongata. Now it's time to sew
the close, and seal in the knowledge,
but the thread is badly  tangled
and my eyes are full of blood.