Deja Vu

Déjà vu You look familiar, have we met? I feel as though the memory has yet to set. Perhaps this is a sensation of déjà vu Perhaps we’ve once talked, me and you, A memory I think I once knew. Though I am unsure, yet certain in my confusion That you are familiar beyond articulation. My words are spewing without humiliation As I am certain of this particular occasion. This place, this smell, it is familiar. Do you not sense it to be similar? An occasion of a memories ancestor. Those eyes, that hair, it seems nearly unfair, That my memory would forget, that it would chance to dare To fail to remember someone so fair. 2023/02/23 Déjà vu Unseeking Seeker

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Sam Kauffman

Date: 2/23/2023 9:21:00 AM

John, enjoyed this very much. There are so many unique phrasings - "memories ancestor," "memory has yet to set," "a memory I think I once knew." Wonderful writing. All the best to you. Blessings.

John Arthur
Date: 2/23/2023 11:47:00 AM

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! This is the poem was honestly intended as a pickup line, or someone flirting initially, as most people say, 'Do I know you?' as a conversation starter, though why not have it as a pickup line too, as cheesy as using deja vu as an excuse for small talk may be. And thank you for your words of encouragement!