try to remember and if you remember

then follow, follow

trudz sang the song on the phone 

the melody and the words she remembered

she remembers some things

she loved penny 

penny was her therapy cat

when she started to lose her memory

but she doesn't remember her now

unless she's reminded

some things vanish from memory

even things we love

that are still in there somewhere 

like old cats who look for a place to hide

penny wants to be in the middle of the cluttered table

by the healing stones on the random papers

her head on a diary 

i just rolled up the carpet she peed on

and put it in the dumpster

the last time was after jasper

we're trying to save the new afghan rug

guiding penny to the bathroom

this just goes on until the end

not needing to be a poem 

in my mind just something wanting

to be said

we may have one cat life left in us

or we may not have that