there is some raw quality to the picture of her
packing things you are about to take away,
these little tokens you will use to remember
and to mourn the loss
the picture of her meticulously putting all
into plastic bags, tying the knots a little too tight -
you will struggle to undo them and may even consider
ripping cellophane apart
- this picture and one scythe of a notion
she gave you life


ratu




