go on now, go on and notice things
like they have never been noticed before
go on and try and see them as they are
as if you are trying to remember them
that house across the street with the moss roof
the dingy karaoke bar and the swooning
patrons singing to everyone and no one
go on now, and look deeper
as if you are trying to remember
after a hurricane, what was there
a flood, mother’s stroke two weeks after her fortieth,
go on now, and notice
the faces of your lovers, the laugh lines,
the way tears fall different on each,
imagine them locked in the timeless painting of your mind,
notice how beautiful they are
listen to the melody of their conversations,
texture and tone, caressing ears and souls
notice the sounds as if trying to remember them
because no matter how hard I try I can’t remember
her singing in the shower, to everyone and no one,
I know she did it, but I never noticed
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