Humor Poetry posted November 4, 2019


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Can't remember squat!

What Was I Saying?

by Roxanna Andrews

I can't remember anything anymore!
I'll get up and walk across the hardwood floor,
Then can't remember what I got up for!

I forget what I'm talking about in the middle of talking,
With no idea of the point I am trying to make. But I'm rocking,
Faking it! I sound so legit. 


Forgive me if I have already told you this.
I'll just keep going because I can't resist.

My story's so funny you won't mind hearing it again,
 I happen to know telling the same story over and over isn't a sin.
If only I could remember how the darn thing ends.

Now, what was it I was saying?
Could it be that I was praying?
Hummm... I think I may have to start paying,

Someone to keep track of what I've already said or where I was.
I think that's a really great idea,'cause, my brain is fuzz.

I can't remember names, though I try with all my might.
But it never fails, I'll remember it in the middle of the night!

My friends and I trying to remember a movie star's name,
It goes like this:
"You know, he's the guy whose wife attained fame,
In that movie, what was it called, about that crazy dame."

And on and on it goes,
And no one knows,
Or ever remembers the name. 
But at least it's a fun game.

Memory, it's a tricky thing,
I find I remember things if it's a song I can sing.
I can remember all the words to a song from 1974,
But forget the name of the person I just met while walking out the door. 

So I'm just going to forget trying to remember. It's too cruel.
(Okay, who was I talking to?)

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Another photo I stole from Facebook.

This is my own style of poetry, which I just made up, just now.

I've had a bad memory for some things most of my life. It's not just because I'm 102. My brain is always thinking about the next project and I just forget what I was talking about. Have you done that? Gotten that panicked feeling when you realize that you have no idea where you were going with this? =[ My friends and I do play the 'What the heck is his name?' game and name every movie he's been in and who he's married to . And we still can't think of the name. I'm the worst with names. Oh well, I just call everyone 'George', and sometimes I'm right.
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