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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