Keith Jebb
goldfish
i can forget anything i want to. slip it into the river like
a floating candle down-mist. nobody knows where
the body lies. i loosen the moorings of friendships
and slide back into town. i lose track of what i am
capable of. i can write poems on my reflection on
the surface of the waters of unmemory. and i can
see you. behind me. trying to sneak up on the bank
if you stay there you will be hard to forget. but you
will get bored. existing like this i need never blink. i
leave that to the other one. the forgotten one. look.
he stares up at you past my shoulder from his muddy
bed out almost through my reflected eyes. out almost
through yours. watch him swim away at the first light-
flick from deeper out. he at least will remember us.
a floating candle down-mist. nobody knows where
the body lies. i loosen the moorings of friendships
and slide back into town. i lose track of what i am
capable of. i can write poems on my reflection on
the surface of the waters of unmemory. and i can
see you. behind me. trying to sneak up on the bank
if you stay there you will be hard to forget. but you
will get bored. existing like this i need never blink. i
leave that to the other one. the forgotten one. look.
he stares up at you past my shoulder from his muddy
bed out almost through my reflected eyes. out almost
through yours. watch him swim away at the first light-
flick from deeper out. he at least will remember us.
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