Afterblur Poem by Gary Diamond

That is the definition of a memory.
An after-image fading somewhat too quickly.
Some of the best things you have seen and done
Got amalgamated into a mediocre one.

When you take a drug you play with the same set of variables
It's just that, depending on the substance
A couple of them became more mallable.
Sometimes drugs kill a person because they veer too quickly
On to the new set of odds which can strain and constrict me.

Why settle for the same set of odds when a great unknown will do?
Looking out at the boat at sea floating on your envy.
Then shutting your eyes against the sea spray
There's your afterblur.

A little to the
Left
A little to the
Right.
As you replace the retina image
With new ones of other forms.
This is the afterblur.

By mixing old memories, old shapes and routines
We can create a couple of new ones.
In a shape shifting afterblur
That you can never know.