Adventures in 10/30

memory
will change the shape of a room
fade colors
fray edges of lines
it will make 64 west a picturesque highway
moments after a major rock slide
it will stand you up
on a college campus in kentucky
with no shoes or cash
but still warm and full
it will be the smile tucked under your tongue
to camouflage the taste of what actually was
it will say 'love'
over and over
until you forget desperate
and longing
and lust

memory
will be for you amnesia
remind you
of the peace in forgetting