Friday, May 17, 2024

On the violence of forgetting

Aphasia
steals my nouns
ordinary things
like carrots (rebranded calculator)
Never thought
to check sofa cracks
history's leavings
things re-seen
unseen
unsayable
In uncertain palm
Truth had deep roots.
We can have no futures
built on the violences of forgetting

Pehiw Awakening 24

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