For many places have sufficient ambience
Or artefacts, to remind us of previous occasions
Of significant, if not always peak, experiences
What is exceptional is the forgetfulness
That the strength of that far distant memory
And the fierce, forceful feelings which it invoked
Should destroy all contemporaneous thought
Not only that, but also
That the effect should have such lasting powers
For how long you ask, until the laughter subsides
Until one stops taking oneself so so insidiously serious
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