you look familiar

you can't remember her name.
she looks familiar.
you know her from some where.
maybe you were married
for a short while
in the eighties,
maybe you had children
together, maybe.
but for now, her name
escapes you. the memory
is gone.
have we met you say,
shaking her hand
at the party. you look
like someone I used to know.
so do you, she says.
so do you.