memory

i saw someone who looked
like you today
something about the eyes
or lips
read as you-but-not

and suddenly
you were there
again

a not-memory
haunting and solid
i thought had dissolved

standing carefree
oblivious
touchable
unknown

in a blink
i was lost

because someone sort of
kind of
looked like you

fading pretty

Wanting a change
I dyed my hair
Pinned the pic online
and got distracted

by images of
fading pretty things

hobbling together bits
of conveniently offered
recycled people
i think I have friends

In the room over
mom whimpers in
too quiet sleep
and real life
slices