The Elephant.

How quickly we forget

All the things that made us irksome

All the little: all the small potatoes wrapped in memory thick.

How quickly we forget

All the things that drive the the distance

Flashbacks painful: flashbacks vivid that are sharp and clean and quick.

How quickly we forget

And leave worries to the others: because life is short!

'We can't control' what for us life just picks.

How quickly we forget

What bores fissures in our friendships

And the stucco keeping words in mouths forgiveness sure would fix.

How quickly we forget

That which makes us green and gruesome

And divided up by nuances and circumstance and luck.

How quickly we forget

That the salt shaker is heavy

From the grains and grains and grains we'd take to just not give a fuck.

How quickly we forget

All the hours spent just waiting

And the wanting and the jealousy and hallmark carded bliss.

How quickly we forget

What's behind us is behind us

New leaves grow again each year, disintegrate and die, and yet-

How quickly we remember: how little we forget.