Reminds me of a very awkward moment I had recently, when I ran into a former classmate from years ago, who approached me and obviously remembered me well and by name. I knew her face, voice, and all, but couldn't place her name or where I knew her from. Eventually I realized, after we chatted a while, but it felt terrible. I kidded she's a lot younger than me. I used to be so good at everyone's names&faces. You cover an important issue very well. First time introductions often don't stay with us either, the names, that is. Super.

OMG!!! It's like you wrote this for me. And we're not alone. So many of us are like this now, as if this behavior is a symptom of the insanely paced, too much on our minds world we live in, and technology (e-mail, cell phones, pagers, TV) seems to be the main culprit.

this is a fantastic piece! i can totally relate. i love how you used the line breaks to give the poem such and appropriate feel. excellent job!