"Forgetfulness" reflects the disadvantages of becoming old and yet parallels it with mythology. To celebrate the disorder involved with becoming old, Collins writes "...the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel//which suddenly becomes one you have never read, never even heard of." It was difficult to pick which line, but I thought this was strange in and of itself. The fact that he was writing something for a book and yet this is the first thing he placed down. Another which we had pointed out earlier in class was "No wonder you rise in the middle of the night..." This shows the irony of it all. Doesn't it become darker as you die... your vision fading as your heart stops? Seems that it reveals the emptiness that radiates off of the character in the poem. In conclusion, disorder is celebrated with ease in this piece as the author slowly destroys the memories in the character.
Source = "Forgetfulness" written by Billy Collins
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