That was close.
I nearly walked twenty two
Years back down the road,
Past a furniture shop that
Exists only in my memory
To a life that existed
Only in my imagination.

For a while I pretended,
But as usual no one was
Fooled except myself.
And when they saw through
My cunning disguise, they saw
Assumption rather than reality.

Of course, when I look back now,
I see what I imagined,
And so I am left wondering
Why I am unable to remember
How to be anything like
Who I was then.

02/02/2026

Posted on 08/08/2026
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