The science of forgetting is not inscrutable;

so much information pokes at our brain

for attention that to forget it is forgivable.

Making forgetting a routine is an insightful

way to absorb rejection and deal with pain.

The science of forgetting is not inscrutable.

Forget old colleagues' names that aren't so useful;

omit trained habits to learn new ones instead.

Just archive your indices. Tis all forgivable.

I can forget meetings, failures, disputes; capable

of conditioning my mind daily to remain sane.

The science of forgetting is not inscrutable.

I blank out on my age, name, and every syllable

I uttered (Emphatic!) to make my existence remain.

It moved on before me, but even that's forgivable.

But when you (whose voice moves me, face bespectacle)

left me my memories, I give but one refrain:

the science of forgetting is not inscrutable