I remembered years ago we had an electric can opener that sat on the counter. (is this a sign of dementia? help!) And that is what I was looking for when the "now" can opener hung under my cupboard.

Ok now where is it,
That thing that I lost?
It was there before,
I know what will it cost

if I have to replace it.
Oh help me to find
my can opener now
so we can all dine.

You know opening those cans
can be quite a big chore,
especially when those guys
want dinner and more.

I looked here
and then I looked there.
I called up Cass
and she came with a flair.

I think that she realized
I was daffy alright,
but she only smiled
and figured it was in sight.

But I just didn’t see
it jumping out in front of me,
hanging under the cupboard
and I couldn’t see

what was obviously there
quite in plain sight it was.
So why, my goodness why,
couldn't I see it and thus

I kept thinking that I,
with my confused mind,
could have put it somewhere
I would never find.

Then all of a sudden
my mind came to light;
why I didn’t have that old can opener
that sat on the counter in sight.

But under the cupboard,
hung my new opener I found.
and I wondered why
my mind is not sound!

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