memory

Strange Dream

It was a strange dream, he said, & I don’t remember a thing except it kept my attention the whole time.

Six Minutes

Time to come out, I told him & he said he’d only been in for 6 minutes & I said that’s not true. You’ve been in the whole day & he shrugged & said all he could remember was the last 6 minutes.

Raspberry Patch

My great-grandmother sent us out to pick raspberries in her garden while she watched the first moon walk on TV. You’ll have plenty of time to see things like that, she said, but those raspberries were carried overland by your great-great-grandfather. She was very wise. I see pictures of the moon walk all the time, … [Read More]

Ghosts of the Past

I’d probably have more trouble with the ghosts of the past, she said, if my memory wasn’t shot to hell.