Part of a work in deconstruction

why can’t i remember you can’t remember?
you’ve lost the day, the clock, the word, the button.
what have i lost such that faults your loss?

the anger arises out of nothing.
but firstly i recall it’s a sign
we are losing our mind.

you grit, gnash, and teeth grind.
routine is better made
and followed, though senseless.

why can’t i remember you can’t recall?
that’s my loss within your dementia.
it appears we’ve lost more than minds.

why can’t i, ay remember,
who’s sick and who cares here?
the patient’s counting his time, & mine?

we anger as the commercial reminds us.
if you can’t decide and i can prescribe.
why remember you’re losing your mind?

not one cares that i am you and you are i.
in my heart, mind, arms, cells you’re held.
I’ll remember that what you can’t remember.