monogamy

What happens to a crush when you wind up being monogamous with someone else? Does it drift into the ether of unfulfilled fantasies, subconscious impulses and daydreams? Does a possible connection just get missed, or does every connection that is strong enough somehow get realized, some day? Why do human beings think we are so damn special? Do we forget that we are just one of an extremely large number of species, on one of many planets within one of who knows how many galaxies. We live long, but not any longer than certain kinds of turtles, we talk but our communicaiton is often no more effective than that of insects, certainly no where near as efficient. Our emotions are often a hindrance to productivity and we sabotage our own existence inexplicably both as individuals and as a species. We are clumsy in all possible ways and are often unaware of the most basic processes directing our behavior and that of our fellows. And yet we believe we have some great destiny, oh no, we can't just revert to being inert organic matter after out organs cease to function, there must be some great mystery that transforms into some greatness we couldn't actually achieve or experience when all of our organs were intact. If only one other species engaged in a fraction of the inner anguish we humans are always torturing ourselves with, maybe it would be easier to understand why we all cling to the conviction, that our thoughts and instincts bear some secret meaning... Or maybe that secret is just the influence of some highly advanced species manipulating us and not wanting to be found out, maybe the Greeks and Romans were right and we're just puppets for the deities amusement :0