Lilacs in the Moonlight
By: David O’Keefe
Another name just slipped
My mind; nowadays, there
Are fewer and fewer
Reasons to remember
Your names. This one is red?
Looks like a rose. It’s blue?
Looks like a violet. If
I knew the names of the
Stars, would that be better?
Alkaid, Megrez, Merak,
There are even more… You
Don’t care; neither do I.
And when this is over,
We’ll never ask again.
Now, what did I forget?