sorry, but i can't hear you

i'm waiting

for my memory

to fail. so that i can stop 

remember things

that i don't want

to remember

anymore.

but selectively of course.

aging

is not so bad when

you think about.

take hearing as well,

waiting for it

to fade

so as not hear what

you don't want

to hear anymore.

cupping your ear

to ask "what did you say?"

whether they sit 

near or far.