Lord R. E. Taylor Poet Free verse

Did I Eat Dinner

Did I Eat Dinner?

How could I have lost my mind?
I remember bits and pieces of my day
Eggs and pancakes for breakfast
Coffee and cream for lunch
What did I have for dinner?
Did I even eat dinner?
I sat across from a woman
I seem to remember that.
She talked and I answered
I think we talked
What did we talk about?
Did I hear anything or did I make it up?
Was she real?
Did I eat dinner?
I think I smelled a steak and baked potato
Or is it potatoe, I don’t remember?
Could the smell have come from next door?
I don’t know
It could have.
They eat dinner every night
Or do they…I don’t remember if I have neighbors
Did I eat dinner?
I don’t remember
There is a plate in front of me
I don’t remember how I got it
It has good smelling food
Pancakes, steak and home fries
Is this dinner?
Did I have dinner?
This is most likely breakfast
I think I missed my dinner
Did I have dinner?
I will never know
But I will eat my breakfast
And maybe later in the day I will have dinner
If I remember.

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Debra Squyres January 8, 2012 at 6:48 AM Sounds like a day in the mind of my Dad, sighhhh. I read this as a confused mind, perhaps dementia?? or alzheimers?? Or simply a mind that is too stressed to function correctly or drug induced? Whatever it made for a good morning read. Enjoyed !!

Tony Lane January 5, 2012 at 4:31 AM I've written poems almost exactly like this about my father in law.

Lizzie Treetop January 5, 2012 at 2:28 AM It seems to me you had a late dinner, or was that breakfast they were giving you? Considering I had breakfast yesterday at 4Pm! I join you in this terribe confusion with a lot of great laughter!!! Well done Rob this was such fun!