Alzheimer’s
1
You lose
Your place
Like
In a
Book
You lose
The page
In the book
Of your life
You cannot
Find the place
To put
Your thumb
One page
Looks just
Like another
You look
Out the window
You wonder
Where you are
2
Is this Calgary?
You ask
Calgary
Is the
One page
You retain
Calgary Stampede
Cowboy town
Lake Louise
Ice skating
Big bands
This is
The only place
In the heavy fog
Notes:
This poem was previously published in Crooners (Tempo Ritrovato, 2011) and is reprinted here by permission of William J. Harris. It is part of the portfolio “I Hope You Like Being Here with Me: The Work of William J. Harris,” curated by Howard Rambsy II.
Source:
Poetry
(February 2023)
