by Eugenia Shapiro
I’m positive I told you the other day
Or the one after, or before,
Or maybe it was to someone else
Was I doing something? I was--
I was saying something!
Something about a cat? Or my homework
Do I have homework? I always have homework
I should do that, or maybe throw out that salmon
I threw out the salmon? How long has that been there?
A week? What did I even do last week?
Not what I was supposed to.
I’m behind on everything. Would be great if I could keep track of what.
Would someone care to remind me what I have to do before the panic hits?
Would be great, you know
If I could just
Start a project before the deadline
Or at least remember to feed myself.
You know when I lived alone this past summer
I kept forgetting to make tuna salad
And then I made it, but I didn’t finish it
I left half an onion in the fridge and then it got moldy
I meant to make something with it, I did
I just forgot it was there?
Have I told you this before? No, maybe it was someone else
I wish I was someone else
Someone with the capacity for task management
And maybe some fucking object permanence
How did we get here again?
Right, I came down for something
Something,
Something I told you the other day...
Oh! I was going to ask if you wanted to order food with me.