Fresh Memories

A Napkin Poem by Deron Eckert.

With all these memories
with their mixed bag
of good and bad,
I find it refreshing
to create fresh memories
with brand new people
free of baggage, so new
you could ask me,
Do you know them?
And I could simply say,
Yes, we just met.

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Deron Eckert is a poet and writer who lives in Lexington, Kentucky. His work has appeared in Rattle, Strange Horizons, Stanchion, Beaver Magazine, Thin Air Magazine, Ghost City Review, Maudlin House, The Fourth River, and elsewhere. He can be found on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky at deroneckert