Relationships of Accretion

I’m afraid the same physiology that scabs cuts and erases scars will smooth away my memory of beautiful things. I keep writing reminders on my hand and then wiping them off in fits of self-loathing. The trouble with these words is that they wash away so fast. But tattoos are unthinkable: decisions are so risky. Before I went to college, I didn’t know about “risk aversion.” Back then it was just called fear.