Wednesday, July 13, 2011

hanging lovers (recollection)

hanging lovers (recollection)


she kept all her
former lovers hanging

in the closet
of her mind

these she had loved
& invited inside

before the inevitable
& the leaving

although she realized
memories cannot be left

behind like lovers
hanging all in a row


recollection is not the same as memory

memory is a spontaneous thing
like breathing or scratching the back of your head

recollection is a purposeful thing
deciding to gather to organize to treasure

& then to do that all again

& again

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