Emotions: torn, trampled, torpid
connections: missed, semi-resolved, abandoned
trying to uncover the reason
digging through the junk of the past
blissfully amnesiac
best thing about the past
is, of course, forgetfulness
Imagine
remembering all the zillion spots
you've ever parked your car at;
remembering all your nightmares
vividly;
Imagine
remembering stomachaches, heartaches and shattered dreams,
accumulatively, re-happening to you circulatory;
all visits to dentist and lines in the supermarket
and waits for the green light;
every droning detail of stultifying work hours;
Imagine
remembering all the names of all the people you've ever met;
keeping a mental catalogue of political harangues, tabloid news,
sit-com bad jokes, eavesdropped petty conversations
you've ever heard, read and seen.
Thus spared from the past we are propelled
into the future: unformed, unformulated, unfounded
hazy contours
of brand-new things to come
