Where’s Papa Going with That Text?

The frontal pole uses information
From the dorsal lateral prefrontal

Cortex to make introspective judgments
Related to conscious experience

Of sensory stimuli. Consider—
The courtyard smells of Russian sage, wet soil,

The revivified mold of a sofa
Soaked through by the thunderstorm, hamburgers

On a grill somewhere past the wall, and sweat.
In print, the room smelled of coffee, bacon,

Damp plaster, and wood smoke from the stove. Well?
What’s your judgment, frontal pole possessor,

About current conscious experience
Of these sensory stimuli that don’t

Exist, except as us? Yes. Introspect.
We’ll be back with your fictional piglet.