The Weight of Memory
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1 min readMay 27, 2020
Since the images are all out of order
I suspect the reel is broken;
each scene with her lashes my screen
before dissolving into another,
and it seems the cameraman
has stepped before the lens,
I feel his throbbing presence
in each moaning flash
that delivers me to a past
I would rather not forget
but cannot bear to remember.