HAVE I ALZHEIMERS?
I LOST MY MEMORY I KNOW NOT WHERE,
JUST STAND AT THE WINDOW, LOOK OUT AND
STARE,
SHOULD I THINK THIS IS WHERE I NOW
BELONG,
BUT ASK, WHERE HAS MY MEMORY GONE,
IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT,
IT FELT LIKE THE TURNING OFF, OF THE LIGHT,
JUST LITTLE BITS AT FIRST, NOTHING MUCH,
BUT THEN I NEVER THOUGHT AS SUCH,
SOME OTHERS WOULD REMIND ME OF WHAT
TO SAY,
NOT ALL THE TIME, BUT THEN EVERY DAY,
SO I WOULD ASK, WHO, OR WHAT ARE YOU?,
'' WHAT ARE YOU HERE TO DO'',
''ARE YOU A PLUMBER, OR JUST A FRIEND?'',
I THINK I KNEW THEM, NO WISH TO OFFEND,
EVENTUALLY FED UP WITH ALL THIS
INTRUSION,
SOME THINGS I'D REMEMBER,LIKE GOLF
AND NUCLEAR FUSION,
I THINK A SCIENTIST I HAD ONCE BEEN,
OR MAYBE A BUILDER OR SOMETHING SEEN,
THAT'S IT, A 'ACTOR', WHO'D FORGET HIS
LINES,
BACK THEN, I CAN REMEMBER THEM TIMES,
SO I SIT WITH PEN BETWIXT FINGER AND
THUMB,
THEN I LOOK AT PAPER, d*mn IT!, I FEEL SO
DUMB,
NO MEMORY AND NOTHING TO WRITE
ANYWAY,
I THINK IT'S TIME TO CALL A DAY,
GOODBYE OR IS IT 'AU REVOIR', I THINK,
MY LIFE HAS GONE, IN ONE SHORT, LONG
BLINK.