Will you refresh my memory please?

December 1st, 2004 admin Posted in Poetry |

I know you’ve told me a million times,
and I’ve asked you a million times since,
My frozen memory seeks warmer climes,
or a quick serving of hints.

I forget not because I want to,
nor do I lack interest,
I conjecture for I have no clue,
that maybe I am blessed.

Blessed to keep out of my mind,
All the clatter that I can,
Upon reflection in there I find,
the teflon of a non-stick pan.

Nothing I shove in sticks around,
long enough to be of use.
The empty chambers are tightly bound,
by slippery strings and screws.

I beseech respectfully that you reweigh,
this painful prolonged tease,
For nocuous it is everytime I say, “Pray,
Will you refresh my memory please?”

(Anil Krishna, December, 2004)