his mind has flown
slipped on a frayed neuron
betrayed by neuroproteins
skidding across the lake of memories
like a flat stone
whose bounce describes
ever expanding waves
but a memory is like a particle
it emerges
from a probability of possibilities
so when captured
it becomes now
but now is a fossil
petrified and alone
stuck in a coagulum of amyloid
recalling the past
as if it is the only
present