Unmindful

Parshah Vayeshev

              ...the chief cupbearer did not
                 remember Joseph, but forgot him.
                         Genesis 40:23


forgetting comes naturally,
why look over your shoulder
at the hardscrabble land
when a road that sashays
across your landscape
draws you into a new scenario
you didn't mean to forget
but remembering is hard work
hard as a Gordian knot




5th Day of Advent