Reduced to clear
A poem about coming to terms with darkness, repressed emotions, and our past.
I can neither evoke every house number
nor name each street. Memory Lane
has become a Zone 1 London borough.
Overcrowded like a Victoria Line platform
with thousands of familiar peak hours faces
I can recall but not corroborate names.
Each move has led to more forgetfulness
as you learn to mind the gap or live in it.
How claustrophobic it is to remain trapped
in the present tense. A true historian’s nightmare!
Like your memory of confusing a Beckenham caff
with a dinner in Notting Hill. Now, all the same.
No wonder I associate my past with Tesco’s:
some memories are like items reduced to clear.
About the Creator
Giuseppe Bartoli
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14 BOOKS: 7 PUBLISHED & 7 FINISHED MANUSCRIPTS
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