SNAKE

memories now like

half-eaten corn on the cob

too many blanks

the fancy terms

amnesia,dementia

treatments and stages

causes and refuges

this refuses to be

classified

just like me

not fond of naming

or defining

a free flowing drop

of love

I can hear the carols

from years ago

or witness 

the conversation

between Sartre and Simone

about life

"we have liabilities"

and bodies

and souls

that vast barren expanse

that hangs

unalive,undead

unloved

spotlights

kill sparks in the eyes

like a game of "snake"

Time eats its tail

lets see

if I will

forget you 

or forget myself.