chicken

"I know that it's bad,
That it's the kind that they can't operate on."
- MG

lucid
vs.
forgetting -
trauma
makes forgetting,
or do we feign forgetting
to avoid the pain of loss?

flashes:
bikinis
sailors
ladies
old cars
tobacco farms
depressions
dreams
memories

forgotten, pushed down, lost

stories of when the titanic went down
dance halls
cruise ships
hurricanes
wedding crashers
gangsters
home made brandy

my mom was a groupie
my baba was the local distillery
and here i've been blaming the men all this time
reclaimed
proud
explained
secret delight