You want the truth?
Well, here it is. Eventually, you forget it
all. First, you forget everything
you learned - the dates of wars and Pythagorean theorem. You
especially forget everything you didn't really learn, but just
memorized
the night before. You forget the names of all but one or two of
your
favorite teachers; and eventually you forget those, too. You
forget your
junior year class schedule and where you used to sit, and your
best
friend's home phone number and the lyrics to that song you must
have
played a million times. And eventually, but slowly, you
forget your
humiliations - even the ones that seemed indelible
just fade away.
You forget who was
cool and who was not, who was pretty, smart,
athletic, and not. Who went to a good college, who threw the
best
parties, who had the most friends - you forget all of them.
Even the ones you said you loved, and the ones you actually
did.
They're the last to go. /////////// And once you've forgotten
enough,
you love someone else.
