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Unremembering

Idle Verse: A Poetry Feature

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Aug 28, 2025
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Unremembering

Sometimes I wish I could unremember,

Mark on a memory "return to sender."

Plenty of memories I'm happy to retain

But a fair few I'd like to refrain

From all their racing through my head,

Recounting what was done, what was said,

A curl of contempt, a twist in the eye,

A silence of weeping, watching some…

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