SCATTER BRAINED
by Marie Elena
It’s not so much in the forgetting,
nor even in the retrieving.
See, it’s in the connecting.
Though my brain is smallish,
that which is stored
here,
is far too often not perceiving
that which is stored
there.
The nerve!
Apparently my data is shy –
certified tongue-tied.
Unwilling to bond with
or respond to
the other facts and files
in my brain’s adjacent aisles.
They may as well be miles apart.
Oh the trials that stem
from data that scatters.
It matters.
© Marie Elena Good, 2018
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My thoughts exactly, Marie! But you say them much better than I ever could. Very clever!
I’d say it’s our age, but I’ve been like this for decades. Sometimes to the point of being soooooooooo embarrassing. 😉 (And thanks for the kind words, David.)