Tagged: remember
memories sometimes
memories sometimes
turn into silhouettes, we
can still remember
the shape, but need one another
to help fill in the details
.
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remembering and
remembering and
forgetting, remember to
forget, forgetting
to remember, remembering
forgotten, our pandemic fog
.
20210316:2027
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every three-point-two
every three-point-two
flights, we remember to ask
mom to prepare some
freshly cut apple pear slices
to soothe whatever the journey
.
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at every other
at every other
corner of the
city, a
marker –
to remember,
to forget,
to leave forever,
to come back to
.
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becoming familiar
becoming familiar
with new streets starts
with forgetting old
ones, making room
for new turns and
bumps in the road,
so that there is less
chance for
tripping and falling,
getting lost – still,
we need more time
.
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two bruises into
two bruises into
the morning, counting only
the corners that i
remember – some days just shrink
a little, wrinkling our spaces
.
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though the road may wind,
though the road may wind,
the path is always straight, or
straight enough so that
we will not remember just
how long we have been on it
.
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amaryllis has
amaryllis has
a lengthy memory, sitting
by your windowsill,
remembering last year for
us, hanging on for next year
.
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the watercolor
the watercolor
that is life
as we remember
it runs,
gets lost
edges, pushes
pigments out
of place, so
that we will
never get the
ratio right –
brush to paper,
paper to sponge,
dry on wet,
wet on wet
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: ratio
your birthday falls on
your birthday falls on
memorial day every
now and then, woven
loosely together like the
dark knit cap you used to wear
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: memorial
