like a monogrammed silk handkerchief
folded in half, folded again,
slipped into a drawstring jewelry bag
and slid to the back of the top dresser drawer
or a wedding band and a locket
set inside a small sandalwood box,
brought home from Agra, there on the end table
next to the bedside lamp
mine, a rucksack weighted
with old journals and utility
dinnerware and two
steel coffee mugs and hanging from a hook next to the back door
Lyman 2022
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