Jan 28, 1993
Pipes and Colons
Let me not to the cascade of encoding memories
admit impediments
Memories form all day, like water through
pipes or food through intestines
Still, when there's a problem, the plumbers show up
(or the high colonic folks)
and even after they've fixed the problem
the sediment, which was sitting in the bottom of
the pipe
(and has been forever even before we looked at it, sitting quietly and slowly depositing more and more)
is suddenly stirred up and making the water brown and ugly
and something we don't like to look at
undrinkable
say the plumbers
and
wait a day or two for it to clear. THEN drink it again.
While the water may be brackish
it's a good idea to stir it up every once in a while
especially if it's your habit to lose things in plain sight in pipes
or conceal your nightmares from yourself in your own gut