There is no river which is called Lethe
by the ancients. To forget
is to neglect
or to refuse to
hold on to, to fail
to get... they should put out to sea
without being discovered by them ... he protected
the murderer unawares
it is not unknown to me
that some god led thee
What remains hidden
is also forgetfulness
means, the unnoticed, that which hasn't
been seen yet, lateo the Latin what lies
concealed ... lest he perish having known ...
lest he perish
having not accomplished his end

Thou thoughtest
to escape the gods' notice
in ... to let a thing escape, to forget?
That she might bear
unknown?
to forget purposely, to pass over? He chose
to forget?
Caught by the leg
he went head first
through the hole
into the darkness
where the waters
roar
& when he came out
he needed
those who could bathe
him back into
his memory and
his forgetfulness: his wits
were sharp enough
when he was on
sugar & didn't remember
all that had happened
in the year and a half
since he had come in barefoot

not to hold
not to remember
not to come by
anything got