and dumps out
the cardboard box of
photographs
pulled from the attic.
it's an ambitious undertaking,
sorting, slipping them
into albums.
with dates and comments.
hundreds of pictures,
piled aimlessly
in the deep box.
the history of her life.
she gets up for a glass of wine,
and brings the bottle
to the floor, it takes
about two minutes
before she's holding one
picture and crying.
unable to look at more.
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