basement_life
belly fire
the
basement
has
so
many
memories
of
our
life
together
.
I
stood
in
the
kitchen
while
you
were
upstairs
and
my
eyes
filled
up
with
tears
just
looking
at
the
empty
fridge
,
the
liquor
bottles
above
the
cabinets,
and
the
maple
leaf
pot
holder
we
bought
and
displayed
under
our
spice
rack
from
my
mom
.
I
saw
my
old
straw dispenser
and
wondered
why
I
left
it
there
.
Our
old
sign
on
the
door
.
The
calendars
were
stuck
on
April
so
I
climbed
up
on
the
counter
to
change
one
...and
it
was
so
sad
to
think
of
how
many
months
had
gone
by
that
we
had
missed
together
in
our
old
space
.
I
peeked
in
my
old
room
and
saw
Gabe's
sewing
everywhere
...noticed
the
tape
marks
on
the
window
where
my
old
GO
LEAFS
GO
sign
used
to
be
.
You
kept
my
Spike
picture
on
the
screen
of
the
blinky
computer
...there
was
still
a
part
of
me
inside
the
room
.
The
room
itself
has
been
pulled
apart
but
the
skeleton
of
our
lives
together
for
4
years
still
remains
in
a
sort
of
limbo
.
We
stopped
using
everything
down
there
that
meant
SO
much
to
us
.
I
left
with
the
straw dispenser,
the
crabs
gather
here
sign
,
and
a
fish
recipe
of
my
mom's
that
I
hung
on
the
fridge
at
least
two
years
ago
.
Will
anyone
love
that
basement
as
much
as
we
did
?
040815
what's it to you?
who
go
blather
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