Over and over
The same tune from my
high school days
Repeats and repeats
in my mind.
Is it an Ellington melody?
No.
It sometimes leaves
me for a few minutes
While I search the street
for a poem,
Then it keeps coming
back.
What’s even more frustrating
Than trying unsuccessfully
to ignore it
Is that I know I’m not
getting it quite right
And
I can’t even remember
its name.
