First

I am losing memories

no. don't say losing.        say misplacing.

it is all the sense of location (sequence is location,

un-
interrupted

daydream of continuity.

cannot remember my brother's cat's name

(can list the litany of the dead,
                                               say the mass for dead cats)

but a vibrant, living one

standing on my lap. struggle not to try
to remember
to try
to not remember
if one
cannot

but, too, associations grow richer

if a sky is a sapphire set on the windowsill

        I can wander for hours just on sapphire

        Google can replace thought

        I have this new faith    (see

seeing is more than knowing

        and memory is
                            embroidery