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August 5, 2025 · 12:52 pm

Thrifting, Sifting

these thrifted items

rows and rows of someone else’s belongings

maybe even some of mine

scattered among dusty memories

I glaze my fingers across the glass

the fabric

the parchment

what stories would they tell?

the teddy bears and toys tug at my heart

those times are gone both in my life and my child’s

why do we stop playing?

lines of clothing that are either too young or too old for me

worn furniture I can’t even afford if I had room for them

I once donated my dusty wedding dress here

the same day I visited my ex-husband in rehab

thrifting to kill time

sifting to find

Set of 6 for $28. Wish I’d bought these…

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December 29, 2013 · 2:57 pm

I Remember

I remember a September wind
the scent of cigarettes and mint
a green car
you took me far
away from a life spent
I still have the jagged limestone
thrown on my balcony
I was unaware you saw me there
I waited so patiently
I remember a January frost
a dark hallway
I was lost
the green car took me once again
and I felt the warm sun
on my skin
Many a freckle came to begin
darken then fade all over and then 
I remember a May breeze
the green car traded 
with the sway of the trees
and leaves grew back 
and some did die
flitting swirling flailing
before their ultimate demise
And we watched them dance 
in an orange cloudy sky
I remember a September wind 
and the scent of cigarettes and mint
And it came to be from that moment 
all that life has meant.

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