This Poem was Submitted By: Kelly Denise LaBeff On Date: 2000-08-07 20:25:11 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Forget to Remember

All too often, I  forget to remember things. I guess I have C-R-S, considering  such have a  tendency to buy my Mr. Coffee's with an automatic 2-hour  shut off,  shut down otherwise  Folgers  would always  be brewed, VERY brewed, too rich  and far too brown. With coffee on my lips or at least its mention, it is only fair  to share that if I do not sit  my special blend two suga's, one cream beside  my ecru desktop everytime  I take  just a little sip, that cup becomes lost,  later found,  not just  5  minutes  cold,  but grinding grounds  of  green  mold, like really OLD! I also have to take pills, pills that remind my body to keep, to keep  remembering, remembering  that it is time to sleep  otherwise  I would  never dream, but tire and recklessly scream. In addition by now, I have made the  “post-notie” man  a millionaire-- I stick those  little  yellow  pieces  of  paper  everywhere on dresser drawers and  on cabinet doors, so,  I will not forget my {{pause}} kids! {{soft smile, eyes look up, humor}} And another thing, my cordless phone  also stays lost,  not found, and it would be forever gone if not for Uniden's  page-n-find  and  its beeping sound- ringing  in obvious places like  in my  {{pause}} hand! ((soft smile, eyes look up, humor}} The bangs  that hang on my forehead, covering my eyes  are a  clever  disguise  hiding me  and those things  of which I do not  wish to see. It is my mom  who says  you need a haircut,  gal! Bad mistake,  now I can see  my bills, my utilities and other facilities are not paid  by mail on first come, first serve –  it is first knock.... according to such by luck I am on a first name  basis  with the  cable  TV man. His name is Doug  and he seems  to understand. What else? Oh yeah! All my Hallmark  greetings whether they are birthday  or  anniversary cards,  always begin or end with “belated”  or  on a more  personal note they might say, “Sorry, I am late (again)”. Please, do not take offense  if your name is on  this list because I  even  do this  to Robin and she is  my  best friend. Last, but not least the white mark on my  finger  is not tan from a  wedding band, but from a  “forget-me-not” ring. I simply  forget to remember  so many things, but most of all I find it especially hard  to recall the last time I felt your  love for  me and {{pause,soft mmm'sound}} now that I  come to  think  of  it my  love  for  you as  well or  maybe  I have  reminded  myself perpetually how to  forget to remember such a  silly  thing, a silly thing like  your  love, your love for  me.(((?)))

Copyright © August 2000 Kelly Denise LaBeff

Additional Notes:
HELLO, suga's...say it just that way - it is not spelled incorrectly, well, it is, but I want it to read like suga's, so, don't eat me up on that, okay? Okay, men hate mushy poems, not poetic men like the wonderful passionate males on this site, but men like my husband...so, I tricked him! I wrote this poem and asked him if he would listen to me read it...of course, naturally, he said, "yes"! But, if the poem had been mushy so to speak he would have only half-listened to the words I read. Therefore, I made this poem start its read in a humorous manner that demeaned me, which he loved, I had his attention...and..boy O' boy did get his attention with the twist at the end..reminding him that I need to feel his love...especially on our July 20th anniversary, the 16th one by the way..believe me ladies - it works, it worked...I hope you enjoy my attempt at simple wit!


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