I'll remember her jumping from the airplane to only disintegrate into billions of peppered flakes. I'll remember the way she sang the blues, soft strong, sweet and true. I'll remember how they mimicked, how they tangled language with my soul. I'll remember the images, turning conniving, clashing and rushing. The feeling of love in the heart after carelessly putting yourself together. What does order matter? I'll remember Umberto and all he keeps, secret exposed, rounded and squared. I'll remember the woman from the 19th century who haunts me to this day, the magnitude of the final words of the last zombie. I'll remember the glass hairball I couldn't quite hack up, choking pain, sharp and small. Knowing I'll never be stuck in latin translation when Mariana's around is the greatest relief. I'll remember how she plugged the moon in so I wouldn't get lost in the rain, graceful purpose, poise and calm. Her love poems that sent shivers down all our spines. I'll remember how I drank from her wine glass form and I lost my wits. I'll remember when she read my tarot; I felt like Macbeth, informed mistake, crowned and *******. She only knew that the people of Hortor would invade. I'll remember how she won class the day she pointed out the irony. The thing I won't remember is when it all stops going and there's just a room of empty chairs.