What’s her name again? That actress
In that movie we just saw?
Is she English, maybe? Ooh, her name
Is stuck inside my craw.
Yes, the one we saw on Sunday.
I forgot the movie’s title.
I know it’s not so important
But right now it seems so vital.
The director also did a film
We both enjoyed a lot.
It had many famous people
But I can’t recall the plot.
I could Google it, but really
It’s up in my brain among
All the other miscellanea
That’s gathered on my tongue.
If I’m lucky and I’m patient,
Sometimes what I need will slip
To the place where I can reach it
Just an inch out from the tip.
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