lost_wearables
tender_square a hot-pink marshmallow coat warms the corner of a park bench by the playground in scheffler park. 220612
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past a pair of boxers on the broken sidewalk along the big construction site. 220612
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tender_square a red ball cap sits without a skull, dressing down a picnic table. ten strides ahead, a pair of white sandals strap themselves in for a long wait on a wooden ledge where the signage says that the park’s grounds used to be an infirmary. 220614
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tender_square a black beanie slouches atop a trail post indifferently. 220615
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tender_square a bold blue ball cap hides in the grass beside the unused street hockey court. 220629
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tender_square someone tossed the aforementioned hot-pink parka across the arm of a maple tree, like a guest getting ready to depart out the door. 220630
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tender_square a striped rainbow towel slung casually over the shoulder of the “toe reach” exercise station sign. 220701
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tender_square a baby’s black croc dressing the peg leg of a lamppost. 220702
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tender_square two graphic tees loiter on a wooden rail of ranch fence, shoulder to shoulder, looking out on the forest trail. 220704
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tender_square a plaid pajama shirt snoozes on a sun-drenched bus bench. 220715
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raze twin rollerblades are passed out drunk on a bed of sawdust, heedless and blue. a single suede slipper stands a stone's throw away and considers picking their pockets. 220717
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tender_square a flannel mangled in the tracks left behind by a wheeled skid-steer. 220717
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tender_square a turquoise shawl with its arm around a park bench bearing an inscription of something said by jesus. 220803
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tender_square a biscotti shearling jacket sloppily spilling from the trash can at a bus stop. 220809
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tender_square a pitch sock waiting for a hand to fulfill its dreams of puppetry. 220814
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tender_square a purple sack with an uncinched waist. 220815
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raze a black tank top sleeping off last night's sins on a park-bound pew. 220816
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tender_square a child's cream teddy coat left like the skin of a forgotten stuffed animal. 220823
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past a green tank top tangled in a sapling where ash trees used to stand tall. 220824
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tender_square three hats in the midst of a tete-a-tete before the park map.

a grey fleece blanket peers into a trash bin, a hungry animal reaching on hind legs. 		220905
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raze a green cardigan hanging from a puzzled pine. a christmas ornament, unwanted and out of season. 221004
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Soma A pair of dark denim pants, neatly folded and placed on top of the green hedge. 221019
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tender_square a single selburose mitten looking for a handout. 221020
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tender_square two sable socks giving one another the silent treatment. 221105
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tender_square a mint green sweatshirt languidly lounging on a stoop. 221114
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past my wedding ring has been missing since early july. i went for a run, took it and my watch off before showering, and forgot to put them back on. i found my watch a day later and, usually, would have put the ring on the strap. no luck this time. this morning i woke up, in a fit of inspiration, and emptied the dresser (a heavy clunky thing) to get underneath.

nope, still lost. 		221211
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tender_square a discarded toque the shade of cherry slush, stitched with the imperative “love your mother.” 230119
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raze a pair of perfect moccasins on howard avenue. size nine. 230123
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tender_square a pink polyester hand giving limp jobs outside "bongz & thongz." 230203
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raze an abandoned grey beanie shivering in the snow. 230205
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raze a filthy purple and black glove grabbing onto nothing. 230321
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raze a scuffed pair of work boots waiting to punch out on the stiff shoulder of jefferson boulevard. 230418
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tender_square a leg on a pair of black slacks hooked over the top riser of a bleacher, the other leg dangling like a child on a set of monkey bars testing gravity. 230505
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raze a puffy coat covered with smiling dinosaurs, biting into the park's front gate to keep itself from falling. 230514
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raze a dark pink child's shoe, so well hidden in the surrounding leaves i thought it was one of them for a moment. 231010
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raze a salmon-coloured sock sparkled in the sun. 231125
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raze people seem to abandon a lot of things to park benches. the most recent victim was a pair of cheap sunglasses. they tried to hide how depressed they were, but i could see right through them. 231127
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raze so many gloves lately. and always just one, stripped of its other half, with no one to keep warm. 240219
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raze multicoloured mittens. this time there were two of them, but they were too far apart to touch. 240405
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raze forsaken cycling gloves festering in the feverish thrum of an afternoon sun. 240828
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