the pitter-patter of small synapses around my brain

[rone]

"Think!"  A period of gestation.  Cæsarian section.  Whack that thought on its bottom, to get it breathing.

"Congratulations!  It's a thought!"  What shall you name it?  What will it be when it grows up?

Before you know it, it's gone.  Will it leave behind a memory?

"Let's have another."