To Remember, or not …

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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I forgot.

Did I give it a slot
install
it in memory’s vault,
or not?
or was the fault
a failure to retrieve?
Did I choose to leave
it there to stay and decay,
sealed in ‘til rotten
and forgotten
beyond recall?

So what?
Can I bind
it with a code to remind
and notify,
an association that will ring it,
a trigger that will bring it
to mind,
and I’ll find
it return when needed?

endeavour to remember …
or let
my mind forget …
some things
ignored, not stored
no record.

[IP: I forgot]

 

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Comments

Submitted by marandina on

A lovely rhythm and some inspired rhyming. Enjoyed, of course. Paul :)

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Paul. Some musings! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by hilary west on

I liked this  one, Rhiannon. I often use a mnemonic to try to aid the old memory box !

hilary  smiley

 

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks! they are a bit like the electronic things people can put on computer saved diaries to send you a message reminder! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Nice, Cherries!

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Tom. I don't expect cherries help the memory training! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

If you get few enough

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

I don't know why, but your skillfull rhythm and rhyme in this one made me think of a current going through a circuit board, setting off some lights to shine, leaving others dull

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you. Interesting in the relationship between our memory circuits and computer memories! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Yours sounds more like a pinball machine Di. Gambling is illegal.

Cheers! Tom

 

Submitted by agnosticnun on

An ode to the everyday reality of tech support. Cute!

Kristi

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks. I think I was thinking of imitating tech support in the associations you can fix to things you want to recall to mind in your own head! Rhiannon