death row arts and crafts

i drove

to Winchester once

with some girl

i used to know.

and the girl

bought a lamp

for some

reason

in a second hand store.

it reminded me

of a lava

lamp, but with

a paper shade

that spun

around slowly

putting

pink and green

colors onto the wall.

there was a prison

nearby

where the incarcerated

men and women

did arts and crafts

and made

jellies and jams.

i figured it came

from one of them, maybe

someone on 

death row.

it's my gift to you,

she said

proudly, plugging it in

when we got

home.