Friday, October 8, 2021

the heirlooms

it was only a twenty
dollar
lamp
from target, marked
down
half price.
they needed the shelf
room
for christmas.
but when it fell
from the table
with one
leg held up by a match
book cover,
she cried
and asked me i could
fine someone to glue
it back together.
it's an heirloom,
she said.
my sister gave it to me
before she died.
it's all i have left of her,
except for
the toaster oven,
a cast iron skillet and
her frozen apple pie.

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