Message-ID: <alpine.NEB.2.00.1308131055240.29633@panix3.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: D.P.H.
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:56:26 -0400 (EDT)
D.P.H. It's been two weeks since we've seen the neurologist, who now no longer has a place to practice. We remember the phrases we were given; he was checking on short term memory, and still the words present themselves - Azure's "dog purple honesty" and my "apple cup truthfulness." I remember the A.C.T. mnemonic; mine was easier, but still both of us remember them even now. Were these phrases created for the occasion? It appears so, but there's something about the last word in both having ethical resonance. In any case, our recitals proved we're neither close to memory loss nor to dementia, which in my case is a relief; I have an apple in my cup of truthfulness, while Azure has to be content with a dog living within the purple prose of honesty.