What Sigmund Freud, Erma Bombeck, and Jean Shepherd Knew

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What Sigmund Freud, Erma Bombeck, and Jean Shepherd Knew

Some memories

Are childish

Because they come

From children

We might cringe

From the foolishness

More so from

Childish behavior

From adults

From the adult

Inside

Well, I’m not sure

If memory can cleanse

Embarrassment

Though it could teach

Humility

Or another understanding

So that’s why

I said or did

The thing

Otherwise, we cringe

Again

When something no one else

Can see

Because it’s in

The mind,

A symbol of regret

Passing by

C L Couch

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