expression forlorn of a Roman goddess
our history become blocky     massing
large     minimizing finer detail

now lost to memory     example     recall
a seaside town now forty years on
a curving arc of bay that echoes

in your mind     is that fact or fantasy?
the way that houses scale the cliff
an overhanging tree against the wind

the fishing boats at rest before the sea wall
are these true memory     or merely overlaid
by recent imagery     a photograph

from glossy pages     a vista caught
in passing     your mind at its convenience
merging and regurgitating     as cognizance will