Abecedarian

By Isabel Grey

anemoia (n)- a. Nostalgia for a time or place one has never known b. Beauty standards are either out of style or making a comeback c. Craving discontinued food brands d. Desiring to look and behave differently than one’s contemporaries e. Escapism f. Fast-forward’s antonym g. Ghost towns never visited that inspire the phrase I’m home h. (of historical facts) elders persistently ask, how do you know that i. I’m an old soul j. Jewelry-wearing despite significant rust or need of polish k. Keepsakes from givers one’s never met l. Licks can be pleasurable or painful, miniscule or musical (see JAZZ) m. Music is a time machine that only goes in reverse n. The newest book in one’s private library was published one year before their birth o. Oh, this old thing? (colloq.) p. Programming one’s analog television to play only Turner Classics. q. Quaint is status quo r. Rings close to the center of trees s. Someday doesn’t come tomorrow t. Take me back u. Using outdated and/or archaic vocabulary v. Vintage furniture leaves no vacancy w. Weiss, Brian L—psychiatrist who utilized hypnotherapy for past life regression x. Xenolith; one’s soul is like an older rock embedded in a younger rock’s body y. “Yesterday Once More” by The Carpenters z. Zeniths descended long before one’s conception.

After A. Van Jordan