to_remember
raze
two
weeks
.
that's
how
long
it
took
them
to
show
up
.
they
lifted
the
long
limb
our
last
short_lived
summer_storm
tore
from
a
tired
tree
and
forced
an
overgrown
paper
shredder
to
chew
through
all
the
gristle
and
bone
.
for
fourteen
days
i
watched
its
leaves
dry
up
and
curl
into
themselves. dozens
of
dissolving arthritic
fingers
.
now
they're
all
that's
left
.
i
walked
across
the
street
and
plucked
one
from
where
it
fell
.
to
remember
.
220914
...
epitome of incomprehensibility
In
German
and
French
,
it's
reflexive
: sich erinnern, se
souvenir
.
Not
that
you're
remembering
yourself
,
but
that
you
bring
a
memory
to
yourself
with
this
action
. Interior
process
.
Je
me
souviens de...
220915
what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from