memories play like a highlights reel
"TOP TEN THINGS YOU MISSED WHILE BECOMING NEW"
pre-packaged, sorted, and prioritized
produced by the mind, ready for use by you
a dose of nostalgia and a few tastes and songs
mixed with a dream and a story you read
makes everything a bit fuzzy around the edges
until you can't quite trust your own head
if the comments from relatives are any indication
you've been spending time getting taller
meanwhile the plot holes in your childhood increase
and your supply of distant memories grows smaller
the shrinking photo-album of the past
has only a picture per page
and you only flip it open
when the present staggers, tipsy, off stage
and perhaps you are too new and fresh
to need that highlights reel
and perhaps memories aren't what you see
but rather what you feel
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