I pretend to
pause
with purpose
when actually
I’m yielding
to this new
uncertainty
a vague
failing,
this stumble bum
search for the
appropriate anachronism
that sums
this addled
audit
the years add up
by subtraction
and my takeaway
concerning this
old man’s math
the balancing of a ledger
an equaling of accounts
to the numerous
previous and my
erroneous proffers
of……..
“I forgot.”