That Old Human Thing

spoiler: i have never looked like the young man in this painting, “Young Man Shaving” by Marc DeBauch

“Trying to remember stories of thirty years ago. / They’re too unclear, like a dream, and I can’t find them!” —Nguyen Trai, ‘Written For Fun On A Summer Day’

I often try to reach into my memory bank,

but fail to grab anything of substance.

There’s a large part of me that believes my inability to remember