There was once a racetrack in Notting Hill, true story (after Peter Carey)

What do you remember Oscar Oscar,
do you remember our love our love?

The trivium syllabus was silent on the correct response to this form of enquiry

What do you remember Oscar Oscar,
do you remember our love our love?

save that it indicates a level of triviality that perhaps bespeaks of a union that was always

What do you remember Oscar Oscar,
do you remember our love our love?

destined to founder on whimsy as an iceberg; yours as engine, mine as default

What do you remember Oscar Oscar,
do you remember our love our love?

protection. And this coldness cheered me, whipped my hair into a tizz, an outward

What do you remember Oscar Oscar,
do you remember our love our love?

manifestation of what my heart always did when you were near, does when the hymn

There was once a racetrack in Notting Hill, true story (after Peter Carey)

Do you live in the glass church I built you,
floating up river – or do you hover above?

stops and your shadow crosses these panes, the way my betting slips fell to the floor,

What do you remember Oscar Oscar,
do you remember our love our love?

the litter of loss. Divinity! they said, it will prepare you for everything. This lie is total

What do you remember Oscar Oscar,
do you remember our love our love?

this lie is – did we even end? Somewhere in parallel tracings of Zeno paradoxes

What do you remember Oscar Oscar,
do you remember our love our love?

we go on and I am thankful.