even memories can trick the brain
listen do you remember
the way it filled the room
an aroma you wished
would one day return
in court I’m appearing
as star witness most days
honestly saying I’m a master
at misremembering
go ahead and ask your
silly questions
it’s true I once was in love
judge unequivocally asks
is that your final answer
ordering the stenographer
to repeat the soup du jour
in the end it becomes subject
to alien interpretations
the smoke from the gun in the room
the cigar of the inspector
february two thousand twenty-three
copyright j matthew waters
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