Memory

Describing the past is always difficult,

Especially when there is no clear target.

Choosing what to recall is the first step

One could choose something specific to recall,

or make a start and branch out tangents of thought.

The two compare like a sniper rifle to its ricochet.

One is precise, passing through thickets of thought for miles on end,

landing on the head of a (un)fortunate thought.

The other leaps, continuing from one thought to the next.

One takes practice, the other comes naturally.

Say you want to recall…….

What should… Belugas

That’s something

The forehead of belugas are squishy

It's a big fat piece used to help their “sonar”

How would the ping of a sonar sound on land?

Well you have to get the sub on land first

Would one of those semi-submersible ships work?

Where the heck would you put the sub though?

Just stick it upright in the middle of manhattan

How well would that fit in ?

A Typhoon class is about 175 meters I think

So about half the Empire State then

I say it can probably fit in half way decently

Yea but it isn’t built for lengthwisWHALES

NOT SUBS ON LAND

Right

Back on track

Those are so cute, and smart

Got water splashed on me once when I went to an ocean world

Where was that

New Yor… no, California

Their foreheads feel like jello

Got to touch one of them that time

Hot summer day, before the pandemic

Blue skies, no clouds

Just little white fairies swimming around in the pool

Well, “Little”

Didn’t I see otters and penguins and giraffes as well?

Giraffes?

Wait

This was in Sydney, not in California

Right

Me, mom and dad

Saw breakdancing for the first time

Dude in a red helmet, on the edge of park

There was a navy ship docked near that park

Helipad on the back

Too small to be the Hobart class

Maybe not? A destroyer is still like 150m long

I don’t know how big that feels on a ship though…

WHALES, NOT SHIPS

right

Got to feed sea lions that time as well

Those belugas sure were good at scaring little kids

They would swim up to the glass, and suddenly open their mouths

Always got a jump out of them

Can’t remember the exact time

2017…18-ish

I think

November or December probably

Since their seasons are reversed

Good point