SUP

I’m going to diagnose myself with something else,
I think I have SUP—

Seasonal Uplift Phenomenon,
It’s the opposite of Seasonal Affective Disorder;

And SAD lamps are the worst-named devices in history,
I suggest they be called SUP lamps instead,
A hat and scarf for the seasonally-challenged;

The Summer is almost worth it for the feeling of pure joy and freshness I feel on the first cold days of Autumn;

In the middle of Winter it’s purely exhilarating,
Though I’ll never reach the heights I used to,
Back in the days when I would run or cycle at a million miles per hour in this weather;
There was no better feeling than that!

But when I first rode an electric scooter in Autumn of 2019,
It took me right back to those complexly nostalgic feelings—
Memories of nostalgia for memories of Winter and moving through space,
Layers of positive association accumulated throughout early life;

Herald of the change.

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