Your name is gone the second it is uttered
And to ask it again now would be more embarrassing
Than admitting I forgot it latter
Hopefully someone within earshot will say it
Before I have to address you directly
Meanwhile I will call you you,
Hope you don’t catch on,
And hardly pay attention to what you are saying
As I try to recollect the name
That I wasn’t listening to in the first places
Assured it must be swimming somewhere in my mind
Like a goldfish in a bowl