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Pattern Seeking

Black and white,
Day and night,
Dark and light —
For good, for bad,
We're hardwired to be
A pattern-seeking species.
#vsspoem prompt for September 4th, 2023: Species

Abandon

Abide

Abracadabra

Abrupt

Absence (3)

Absolute

Absolve

Abstain

Abundance (2)

Accomplish

Accountable

Ache

Acquainted

Acronym

Act

Action

Adapt (2)

Adjoin

Adrenaline

Adult (2)

Adulthood

Advance

Adventure

Adversity

Advice

Affection

Affinity

Affirm

Affirmation

Afford

Afloat

After

Afterthought

Again

Age

Agitate

Agree

Ahead

Aimless

Air

Airwaves

Akin

Alarm

Albeit

Alert

Algorithm

Alien

Align

Allegory

Alone

Alot

Altruist

Amaze

Amiable

Amplify

Anchor (2)

Anger

Annoy

Another

Answer

Anticipation

Anything

Apart (3)

Apathy (2)

Appreciate

Apprehension

Appropriate

Approval

Aptitude

Arena

Array

Arrogance

Arrow (2)

Art

Ask

Aspire

Assemble

Assembly

Assess

Asshole (2)

Assume

Astray

Atmosphere

Attention

Attraction

Audible

Audience

Audit

Aura

Author

Authority

Avalanche

Avaliable

Avoid

Await

Awaken

Aware

Away

Axe

Axis

Backdoor

Backseat

Bait

Balance

Banana

Bandwagon

Bark

Barricade

Basis

Bask

Batter

Battle

Beacon

Bear

Beat

Beauty

Because

Bedazzle

Bedeviled

Bedlam

Bedtime

Before

Beg

Begone

Behold

Beholden

Believe

Belittle

Belligerent

Belong (2)

Beloved

Bestow

Betray

Betrothed

Better

Between (2)

Beware

Beyond

Bias

Binary

Binge

Bird

Bite

Bitter (3)

Blacken

Blame

Bland

Blaze

Bleach

Bleed

Blessing

Blight

Blimey

Blind

Bliss

Block

Blood

Bloodline

Bloom

Bluster

Body

Boil (2)

Bolt

Bomb

Bones

Book

Borrow

Bother (2)

Bottom

Bounce

Bound

Bounty

Box

Bravado

Brave

Brawl

Breach

Breath

Breathe

Breed

Breeze (2)

Brevity

Brick

Bridge

Bright

Brittle

Broken (2)

Bruise

Brush

Build

Bullet (2)

Bully

Bulshit

Bupkes

Burden

Bury

Busy

Butterfly

Button

Cadance

Calendar

Camera

Cancel

Candor

Candy

Cannot

Canon

Capable (2)

Capitalism

Capricious

Captivate

Captive

Capture

Care

Caress

Carrousel

Carry

Carve

Castle

Casualty

Catalyst

Catch

Cause

Caution

Celebrate

Cellophane

Censor

Center

Certainty

Chain

Chalk

Challenge

Chance

Change

Chaos

Chapter (2)

Character

Charlatan

Charm

Chase

Cheek

Cheer

Cheese

Cherish

Chicken

Child

Chill

Chime

Chisel

Choice (2)

Choir

Christmas

Chronicle

Circle

Circumstance

Claim

Clairvoyant

Clarity

Clash (3)

Claw

Clich

Cliche

Click

Clickbait

Climate (2)

Climb

Clinical

Cloak

Clock

Closer

Cloud

Clouded

Cluster

Clutter

Coat (2)

Cobweb

Cold

Collapse (2)

Comedy

Comfort (2)

Command

Commodity

Company

Compare

Compass

Compassion (2)

Compel (2)

Compensate

Complete

Comprehension

Compromise

Conceal

Concept

Concrete

Condemn

Condition

Confess

Confide

Confident

Confine

Confines

Conflict

Conformity

Confounded

Confusion (2)

Congratulations

Connection

Conquest (2)

Conscious

Consent (2)

Considerate

Conspiracy

Construct (2)

Consume

Content

Contentment

Context (2)

Contingency (2)

Contour

Contrast

Contribution

Controversy

Convention

Convergence

Converse

Conviction

Convince

Cope

Cordial

Corner

Correlation

Cough (2)

Could

Council

Countless

Courage

Course

Cover

Covet

Coward (2)

Cower

Crack

Cradle

Crash

Crave

Crawl

Create

Credence

Credit

Crescendo

Cripple

Crisis

Crisp

Critique

Cross

Crossfire

Crowd

Crowded

Crown

Crucify

Cruelty

Crumble

Crunch

Crush

Crutch

Cry

Crypt

Cryptic

Cuff

Cultivate (2)

Culture

Cure

Current (2)

Curse

Cursor

Custodian

Cute

Cycle

Cyclic

Dagger

Damage

Damn

Dance

Dare

Dark

Dawn

Deadline

Deal

Death

Debris

Debt

Decade (2)

Decay

Deceit

Decision

Decline

Deed

Deemphasize

Deep

Defense

Deference

Defiance

Defiant

Defy

Degenerate

Deliberate (2)

Delicacy

Delta

Deluge

Delusions

Deluxe

Demeanor

Demon (2)

Deny

Depend

Deplorable

Depression

Depth

Descend

Describe

Deserve (2)

Desire

Despair

Despite

Destination

Destiny

Destruction

Detour

Detriment

Devotion

Dictate (3)

Difference

Different

Digest

Digital (2)

Dignity

Diligence

Dim

Dimension (2)

Dinner

Disappear

Disappoint

Discard

Discharge

Disclosure

Discontent

Discover

Discuss

Disdain

Disease

Dismantle

Distant

Distract

Diverge

Divergent

Divide

Docile

Doctrine

Dominance

Domino

Don

Dose

Downside

Drag

Dragon

Drain

Drama

Drape

Dread

Dream

Dregs

Dress

Drift

Drive

Drizzle

Drop

Duality

Due

Dull (2)

Durable

Dust

Dying

Eager

Ease

Echo (2)

Economy

Edge

Edit

Educate

Effort

Ego

Elation

Elbow

Elders

Electric

Elevate

Elicit

Elude

Embark

Ember

Embrace

Emergency

Emotion (2)

Empire

Empty

Encapsulate

Encourage

Ending

Endless

Endure

Enemy

Enforce

Enigmatic (2)

Enough

Ensue

Enter

Entertainment

Enthusiasm

Entitled (2)

Entropy (2)

Envy

Equal

Equalize

Erase

Erode

Erratic

Erroneous

Escape

Estranged

Eternity

Etiquette

Evade

Ever

Everlasting

Everyday

Everyone

Evil

Evoke

Evolution

Exaggerate

Example

Excel

Excellence

Exclusive

Exhale

Existence

Exit

Expect

Experience

Expire

Expose

Express

External

Eyes

Fable

Facet

Fact

Factory

Fail

Faint

Fair

Fake

Fall

False

Falter

Familiar

Fan

Fancy

Fantasy

Fashion (2)

Faster

Fatal

Fatigue

Favor

Fear (3)

Feast

Features

Feed

Feedback

Feel

Fence

Fertile

Fickle

Fiction (2)

Fiddle

Fidelity (2)

Fight

Filter

Finish

Finite

First

Fissure (3)

Fix

Flair

Flame

Flavor

Flaw (3)

Fleeting

Flicker

Float (2)

Flock

Floodgate

Footprint

Forage

Forbidden

Force

Forge

Forget

Forgive

Fork

Forlorn

Forsaken

Fortune

Forward

Fraction

Fragile

Fragment

Fragrance

Frail

Frailty

Frame

Freedom

Freefall

Freeze

Frenzy

Frequency

Friendly

Friendship

Friendzone

Fright

Fringe

Fruit

Frustration

Fry

Fuck

Full

Functional

Furious

Fuse

Future

Game (3)

Garden

Gasoline

Gate

Gay

Generosity

Generous (2)

Gentle

Genuine

Gesture (2)

Gift

Gilded

Given

Glass

Glazed

Glee

Glimpse

Global

Gloom (2)

Glorify

Goddess

Gods

Gold

Goodness

Gospel

Gothic

Grace

Gracious

Gradient

Grant

Granted

Grasp

Gravity

Grayscale

Graze

Greed

Green

Grief

Grind

Ground

Grow

Grueling

Gruntled

Guide

Guilt

Gullible

Gutter

Habit

Hail

Half

Hand

Happiness

Happy (2)

Harass

Harbinger

Hardly

Hardship (2)

Harrowed

Hashtag

Hate

Haunt

Havoc

Hazard

Haze (2)

Headspace

Heal

Heart

Heartache

Heartbreak

Heartstrings

Heatwave

Heaven

Heavy

Hell

Help

Heritage

Hero

Hesitate

Highlight

Hinge (2)

History (2)

Hold

Hollow

Home

Homecoming

Honesty

Honey

Honeypot

Honor

Hook

Hope

Horizon

Horse

Hostage

Hostile

Hostility

Hour

House

Hover

Human

Humane

Humblebrag

Humility

Hunger

Hunt

Hurt (2)

Icon

Identity

Ideology

Idle

Idol

Ignorance

Ignorant

Ignore

Illiterate

Illuminate

Illusion

Image

Imagine

Immaculate

Immense

Immerse

Imminent

Immune

Immutable

Impervious

Implausible

Imply

Impress (2)

Improvise

Incandescent (2)

Incentive

Inch (2)

Incision

Incline

Incomprehensible

Inconceivable

Increment

Indifference

Indignation

Indoctrination

Induce

Indulge (3)

Inebriated

Inertia

Infant

Infect

Infidel

Information

Infringe

Ingrain

Initiative

Innocence

Insane

Insatiable

Insecure

Inside

Insinuate

Insist (2)

Instant

Instinct

Instrument

Intelligence

Intent

Intermittent

Internal

Interrogate

Interrupt

Intertwine

Intricate

Invalidate

Invent

Invention

Invigorating

Irony

Irreconcilable

Issue (2)

Jealousy

Join

Journey

Joyous

Judge

Juncture

Justice

Justify

Karma

Key

Kill

Killer

Kind

Kindred

Knowing

Knowledge

Label

Lace (2)

Lackadaisical

Lacquer

Lair

Land

Language

Lapse

Last

Latter (2)

Laugh

Law

Layer

Lazy

Lead

Leak

Leap

Learn

Leash

Leave

Ledge

Leech

Legacy

Legend

Legion

Leisure

Lens

Lesser

Lesson

Lest

Letter

Letting

Lever

Liberate

Libido

Lie

Life

Light

Likable

Limit

Linen

Linger

Lining

Liquid

Listen

Little

Live

Livid

Loathe

Location

Lock

Logic (2)

Loins

Lonely

Longing

Lost

Love

Loyal

Lucidity

Luck

Luggage (2)

Lullaby

Luminous

Lush (2)

Lust

Luxury

Machine

Madmen

Madness

Magic

Magnet

Magnify

Make

Malfunction

Mania

Manifest

Manipulate

Mantra (2)

March (2)

Mark

Market

Martyr

Master

Material

Matter (2)

Maturity

Maybe

Mean

Meander

Meaning

Means

Measure (3)

Mediocre (2)

Melancholy (3)

Melody

Memoir

Mercy (2)

Merely

Merry

Mesh

Message