everything_that_still_remains
ovenbird
Your
mind
has
forgotten
how
to
see
.
There's
nothing
wrong
with
your
eyes
--they
take
in
light
and
send
that
signal
on
intact
,
but
your
brain
is
being
torn
apart
by
a
rare
form
of
early
onset
dementia
and
it
no
longer
knows
what
to
do
with
visual data.
It
scrambles
the
signal
.
Your
eyes
see
what
is
there
but
this
message
doesn't
reach
the
part
of
you
that
can
make
sense
of
it
.
So
much
is
lost
in
translation
between
pupil
and
synapse.
I
dream
that
I'm
at
your
house
and
it
is
a
shrine
to
forgetting
.
You
have
written
frantic
notes
to
yourself
in
red
sharpie
on
the
slats
of
your
blinds,
so
when
you
twist
the
stick
that
lets
the
light
in
all
your
memories
fly
back
to
you
.
You
squint
into
the
morning
--the
sun
so
bright
that
at
least
a
little
must
make
its
way
through
the
canopy
to
dapple
everything
that
still
remains
.
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