RUBBER BANDED

It's an interesting phrase rubber banded, with a number of meanings. The surface definition that a number of things are held together by a rubber band is obvious. In Transactional Analysis the term refers to being suddenly catapulted back to an earlier powerful emotional state. The phrase lent itself to the idea I had for this post's poem.

RUBBER BANDED

there was a memory jogger

buried deep

in the language of the word stash

he held in his hand

and read with his eyes

and it hurled him back in time

to gaze upon his younger self

a small thing half formed

I had the idea of being transported to a time in the past after reading something that chimed in a book. This is a small poem but it was included in The Wait of Water. Contact me if you would like a copy.

Here's Boy Genius.

Until next time.