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?