Is it the nose or those eyes,
Or am I stumped by the guise?
Is the face strange or known?
Does it share features rather than own?
The feeling of familiarity, faint,
Is this one more memory plaint?
A la an alien tongue, merely heard,
Sounds, syllables, silence, yet no word.
The search is on, so the unease,
A single lock, and a thousand keys;
Time and mind in a sudden race,
Why can't I place or ignore the face?
Friend, foe, fruit of the family tree,
Guesses with which I cannot agree;
Curses, this is no longer a game,
Not at all fun, I just need that name!
But wait, is that the face I saw?
Are those the same ears, same jaw?
For what exactly did I rummage?
Have words again drawn their own image?
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