Day 13

THE NEW NORMAL

Researchers testing memory

in plants dropped them,

without harm, from a height.

After a time the leaves ceased

to flinch, somehow knowing

the landing would be gentle.

Ah ha!

said the one who first

posed the question,

It is learning to remember!

But another, upon review, said,

Oh no! It is learning to forget!

I wonder at this opposition⁠—

remembering to wash my hands

upon entering the house,

and forgetting when I did not.