Another Forgotten Poem by Chuck Audette

Another Forgotten

Rating: 4.9


don't know the date
are these bills all late?
can't seem to keep track
my memory's not back
from wherever it went
what'd i do? i repent!

reminders pour in
folks much chagrinned
appointments missed
meetings dissed
left the sprinkler on
my keys again gone
my wallet misplaced
but i'll see it someplace

a string on my finger?
does nothing but linger.
wrote on my hand -
didn't help as I planned..
even calls to myself
sadly don't help

so i write real quick
while the words still stick
but it's growing worse
this wretched curse
these amnesia blues
what can i do?
and why and who?
and, uhm..
What the heck...
was I... asking you?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Esther Leclerc 21 March 2006

Haw haw hawww, I hear ya, Bud! (My preferred method: writing on my hand) . Well-written and expressed, very funny but also kind of sweet take on the effects of brain cell death! More. Esther : ]

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Mary Naylor 26 March 2006

I loved your funny poem! Right now I'm searching to find a list of things I musn't forget to do.

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Brian Dorn 05 May 2006

You were asking me about that money I loaned you... Brian

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Eman H 14 June 2006

Heh; D nice one.. Ummm did i say something? can't remember........................: P

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Nalini Hebbar 22 June 2006

i liked this one very much...your name is charles...you have 114 poems on PH...before you forget about PH...poems...and my bills...just reminding

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Tracy Craighead 26 February 2016

This is the ADHD talking. I lose everything, I have piles of mail...unopened. I ran over my cell phone because i left it on the bumper of my car. I am so happy that I am not alone.

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Adeline Foster 28 February 2014

Worth all the guffaws that are forthcoming. Read mine - Indebted - Adeline

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Walterrean Salley 09 August 2012

Hahaha. Strangely, this seems to be a way of life lately. Thanks Chuck.

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Karen Sinclair 16 July 2012

lol...there is something beautiful and funny in this also the opposite, sad and sinister. my memories shot since i lost my sister and im terrible at loosing things, my car keys i dropped at the supermarket till today and didnt realise for several hours...im into triple checking now...thanks chuck for sharing

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Ruth Walters 08 October 2009

haha enjoyed this poem and can relate to it too. I once left my keys in the front door lock all night! It's a wonder I didn't get burgled? Thank goodness I was lucky eh. Ruthie

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Chuck Audette

Chuck Audette

Poetry Hell, Vermont
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