May 29, 2025
A THIN FILM OF FORGETTING
by Marie Anne Arreols
Your mind will abbreviate the summary. Probably draw a crust around the planet’s rim. It’ll detect the curve and maneuver slowly. It’ll dig a hole. Toss the pot. And call it evolution. There’s a layer of dust on my books. That’s what growing up looks like. A thin film of forgetting, coating the things that used to matter enough to underline.
Nature hums the same lullaby, again and again—like it knows we forgot the lyrics, but it doesn’t mind. For months I think about the seed inside the flower. I think about myself, assembled from the leftovers of a lonely star.
I begin to meditate.
So?
So, the truth is: you fall in love.
Oh, God.
Oh, yes.
What a surprise.
Can you hear the bells? No, really. Can you hear them?
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