size matters (a 'mismemorial' remix) [2011]

to witch the ripped number

is to raise an infant from the wreckage

with Ouija fingers     and naivety

in relation to the size of it

I misremember its birthplace

in relation to the size of it

I misremember its name and address

(misremembering it is an expertise)

in relation to the size of it

I misremember its blue-black eyes

in relation to the size of it

I misremember the time it almost killed me

(nothing is misremembered like survival)

in relation to the size of it

I misremember its temperature

in relation to the size of it

I misremember its wrapping

(the gift is in the misremembering)

in relation to the size of it

I misremember where it had been

in relation to the size of it

I misremember its identical twin

(counting is misremembered in the end)

in relation to the size of it

I misremember nothing like it

in relation to the size of it

I misremember its death

(dying is misremembering)

to witch a rendering

is to sweep ash athwart the ghosts

and witness     a living thing

"Size matters when mismemorializing yourself."

-- Anonymous (2011)