I started with
thoughts
ABOUT
eternal recurrence
and which professor thought I didn't understand
DID I understand
I think I DID, maybe
I'm not leaving out the possibility that I DID NOT
BUT
I don't really remember what I THOUGHT
PLUS -- I've certainly
ROMANTICIZED
the current understanding
SO MUCH of my
PAST seems
separate
from me now
it's LIKE
I couldn't even manage to live
ONE