WHAT MEMORY?????????

By MommyBear (Candy Desrosiers)

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE MIND AND MOUTH,

A GREAT VOID HAS DEVELOPED-

THEY NO LONGER WORK AND PLAY WELL TOGETHER.

THEY DON’T EVEN SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE BODY.

MY BRAIN HAS DECIDED THAT ALL THE OTHERS;

MOUTH, ARMS, LEGS, HANDS, AND FEET,

ARE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN AWAKE AND ASLEEP.

AS IF THE MIND, LIKE A PRECOCIOUS CHILD, HAS SAID,

"I’LL WAKE YOU UP WHEN I FEEL LIKE IT

AND I DON’T FEEL LIKE IT YET!"

I KNOW I WANT TO PICK UP THAT GLASS

BUT THE FINGERS DO NOT GRAB THE RIGHT PLACE

AND IT ESCAPES MY GRASP.

IT FALLS TO THE FLOOR AS I BRUSH IT ON MY WAY PAST

SENDING A WATERFALL OF BUBBLING SODA

TO THE LINOLEUM IN A SHIMMERING POOL OF BROWN

AND A SEA OF BROKEN GLASS.

THOUGHTS MORE THAN A FEW SECONDS OLD

ARE LOST IN THE DESERT OF MY NONEXISTENT MEMORY.

RIGHT ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE-

I JUST CAN’T SEEM TO GET

THEM TO CROSS THE THRESHOLD

FROM MIND TO LIPS.

Copyright ©2003 Candace Desrosiers

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