Elaborate mnemonics were never needed,
No string around the finger,
No repetition, repetition, repetition.
I didn’t have to write it three times,
Or leave myself a message.
Just one quick jot on the correct date:
Dad. B.D.
It’s a habit now, in January,
To take down last year, flip
To the beginning and transcribe
Reminders
For the year to come —
Dad. B.D.
On August 19
Where it always goes
Every year.
It’s there this year,
Too, the reminder,
Dad. B.D.,
Transcribed last January.
I wonder what
Elaborate mnemonics
I will need to stop reminding
Myself that I don’t have to
Buy you cards anymore.
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| A happy day with Dad. |
