I Forgot.

First I forgot your smiles
Then the shadow of your flesh
Then the wrinkles on your palm
Then those long slender ledge.

Then I forgot your deciphered name
Then the long alphabetical strife
Then I forgot the staid solid skeletons
Arranged neatly on the shelf twice.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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