a drawer of things

there are things

in the drawer that seem to have always
been there.

that ring.
that note, a scribbled number
on
a napkin.

an earring, just one.

a thin chain with a cross.
spare
change

that neither grows or departs.

lipstick
bullets, chap stick.

a bible
next to a bottle of
oil.

so little says so much
about the turn

of things. the days that have
gone by.

the loves that have come and gone
in your life.