I APOLOGIZE
H. W. Bryce
I apologize. I cannot remember
your name.
You look so familiar but do I know you?
Yet?
Have we met before? I can’t recall,
At least for now.
You say that you love me, but what
Does that mean?
I’m so sorry for being so daft. Please
Remind me.
I apologize. I don’t mean to be mean,
You know.
It’s just this lost feeling I have inside
Of me now.
Things aren’t what I remember.
Long time ago.
I must go now. I hear mother calling
For ME…
What’s that? A lifetime ago, you say.
Where did it all go?
I apologize, I do not have any money
For lunch;
I think Uncle Hubert took it all away
From me.
I have nowhere to go. They took me
Out of my house.
Where am I? Oh, a grand hotel here,
You say?
Show me to my room? All paid for?
Well, thank you.
I apologize. I have to go home,
Now!
Mother wants me to run an errand
To the store.
Where was that? I know the way.
It’s okay.
I apologize, we moved. I know…
Maida Vale…
Vancouver? Where is that? Mother
Lives in Maida Vale…
You know…
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