“wholly unremembered”
- Lyn Hejinian
Yesterday’s rose is
As different now
As the one fresh cut
before me unfolds.
Memory’s an echo
Charged by distance—
Accurate as much
As a teller’s
Moment’s shape’s
Maintained:
My thoughts
Muddy my past,
Past even a passing
Resemblance of love.
(January 23, 2018)
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