remonstrance

Yes, you remember correctly! Or if you do not,
we share the same invented memory,

and

I wish I hadn't thought of that.

How much
of our experience has been recovered between us?

from things that never happened, but that sounded
so true

that they had to be believed? And cherished,
and treasured -

The details
so sharp, shared
received, instantly
believed

Yes! I remember
it so well, it was like

yesterday,

this.

As one talked, the other listened,
and the story wove in close.
the two of us gathered in suspense, exploring whatever
to remember next

amnesiac ghosts, conjuring lives
worth this haunting