Schedules
“What is love except another name for the use of positive reinforcement?” B.F. Skinner (1948)
Two private meetings
hindered by self-conscious awe
of your forward mien,
confident of your future
in the canon of Science.
Did you ever doubt
the operant resurgence
or cognition's end?
Did you repress proud Watson?
Were you grateful for his fall?
Long before Harvard
I saw the creative crib
used for an infant.
Tough parenting,
like rigorous Methods.
Attending High Church
what hot feelings could surpass
holding Court with you
expectant pigeon
waiting for pellets or drink?
Thanks for the rats, Marty.
You modeled Skinner's Methods sempiternally.
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