forgive and forget

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part of me desires to

forgive and forget but

then logic reminds me that

i’d need a lobotomy

in order for the memories

to never again revisit me.

i do not know how to stop

recalling recollections that

continue dialing my number,

and it feels like a disservice to myself

were i to let you off the hook

for reeling me in so nonchalantly

when you don’t even remember

what i cannot obliviate.