Nov
21
A patchwork poegle portrait
Filed Under Poegles
My Mother Always Wore
The blue silk Chinese coat
Dr. Ramón had given her
A copper MIA bracelet with
“Capt. Robert Kent 12-20-68” on it
A little sack of salt around her neck
to keep her from having chills
Nil Simile shoes, from the shop
owned by Rattray the tailor
Shalimar back then
with Tangee lipstick
That frosted pink color
I never really liked
The mood ring I bought her
when I was six years old
And a Spanish coin from
her “fallen star,” my father.
– Jamie in Brooklyn (search phrase “my mother always wore”)
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