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Blankage
Blankage

Pictures flit away like moths
from a dusty trunk
Through light-speckled recesses
into the cobwebbed corners of my mind
Where they rest, just out of my reach.
They do not come till I don't need them.
Sometimes I pretend not to need them
walking nonchalantly, hands behind back, whistling;
So they creep back, and I can grab them
then finally I can settle down
with them in both hands
and carefully inspect these illusive memories.