Commentary and Philosophy Poetry posted May 9, 2023


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Wherefore Art Thou?

by pome lover

 

What do you do when your mem’ry rebels?

When that part of you goes on the blink?

It leaves you deserted

Tongue-tied, vacant-worded

And feeling unable to think!

 

My mem’ry is testing my dominance, here,

At most inappropriate times

It vacates the scene

Leaving gaps in between

What I’m saying and what I had in mind.

 

What younger folk don’t seem to realize

Is that over a person’s lifespan,

There are millions of things

Stored up there, in the wings

Of the brain, so we’ll have them on hand.

 

It’s no wonder that finding that looked-for word

Out of all of the stuff stored up there

Is a pain to recall

So, why not, after all,

Just make one up out of thin air?

 




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