I thought terry’s chocolate orange was a bespoke confection?
for my mother?
that gilded fruit-shaped things were significant?
the hollow interiors home to fortunes?
figurines?
liquids?
I admired it like a faberge!
on the breakfast bar!
amidst the chopsticks and kleenex boxes!
chinese takeout containers with metal arms!
don’t microwave!
expensive watches!
there was nothing but orange juice in the fridge.
and off smells.
more bamboo in his house than mine.
tv dinner tables.
practice swords.
cutting boards.
my mother would love a chocolate orange:
even if her name was pam:
but the orange was his:
a house knows when it’s empty:
by the dust and tempered light:
dry leaves in the bottom of a mug:
This creates such an unsettling atmosphere
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ReplyDeletea house knows when it's empty!
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