The words to a song I used to know
but can’t quite seem to remember
My lips closing around an empty fork
when I expected a bite of spaghetti
The fleeting relief of a summer breeze
that stops before it starts
Knowing exactly what paragraph I should have read
while staring blankly at a test question
Being sure I recognize a person I see
but not remembering how I know them
The feeling of knowing right where I am
but being lost all the same
Losing an argument
and not admitting it to myself
Happiness is like all these things
but it’s hard to say what it really is
for sure
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This is just a little ditty that came to me as I was driving home tonight.