Punchline

I am not the family joke-teller.  Often I only remember the punchline.  That*s no way to tell a story.  It*s important to remember the lead-in...

Why do I write?

I know it is not

To be preserved in a book

For Posterity,

Whoever

Posterity is.

The blog makes it easier

For me to return

To past days.

I often forget

What I saw

Yesterday,

What I heard

Yesterday.

I never was a good joke teller.

I always seem to tell

The punchline

First.

Why do I write?

I write to remember

What I saw

Yesterday,

What I heard

Yesterday,

What I felt

Yesterday.

It seems important to return

To past days.

Otherwise I mostly remember

The punchline.

I know

That*s no way

To tell a story.