Long Life, Short Memory

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know. - Thoreau

it's been so long since i've had sex

i'm not sure if i remember what goes where

or how to tell the front from the back on women's, dental floss underwear

let alone what became of my thick, jet black, wavy hair

at least i have my bifocal specs

along with faded memories of my ex

a couple of torn, bounced checks

and in my back pocket, a dusty, old, frayed packet of latex

Author's Note

"We seem but to linger in manhood to tell the dreams of our childhood, and they vanish out of memory ere we learn the language." - Thoreau