The Closing of Open Doors

psychologists say there are five fears

from which all other fears stem

like digits, as manufactured,

the handful presumably

Natural, like

...extinction,

...mutilation,

...loss of autonomy,

...separation, and ego death...

to quote from Psychology Today

in this list, the median we see

of aggregate sum, or mean

centers on loss or losing...

which is to say

the irrevocable closing,

of the slatted gate...

09.11.2025

Gatekeeping challenge @Last