The Watermark

Perhaps we've already had our idea, our great chance. Perhaps it's already occurred to us, and we've forgotten it: what a terrible thought! Worse still, perhaps it was something we exchanged in conversation, that passed between us and was immediately lost amidst the general inanity. 

That must be my task, W. tells me: remember everything! Write it down!, and perhaps then it will shine forth behind the pages like a watermark.