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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Remembering

...the best that we can.

Memory is a hole,
but not simply a void
where the truth is twisted
or forgotten altogether.

I’m thinking more
along the lines of the hole
Alice entered to dine
at the Mad Hatter’s table.

And I’ve never seen a photo
that can tell a story more faithfully
than an earnest account given
by the bearer of a faulty memory.

We all try our best to remember
what it’s important not to forget,
so that we may live more wholly
within the never-ending present.

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