The Attentive Consciousness is a ribald poetic form, originating in The Hubristic Cohort. The rules of the form are applied by poets to produce individual poems which can be recited. The poem is a single couplet. The Attentive Consciousness is always written from the perspective of the author. Each line has sixteen syllables. The ending of each line of the poem shares the same rhyme. The second line of the couplet has the same grammatical structure as the first line. The second line of the couplet presents a different view of the subject of the first line. The first line is intended to describe the past. It must make use of simile. The second line is intended to offer a different perspective concerning the future. It must make use of simile.