objects_that_outlived_their_relationships raze slippers splitting at the seams. an illustrated book about birds. a shirt worn so thin i can see the skeleton beneath the skin. uncultivated morning glory and jacob's ladder. stillborn sunflower seeds. thermal socks and underwear. a defective electric blanket that might have burned the whole house down. an unloved painting that was never hung. a glass table and wicker chairs with bowed bands for legs. two felted friends, the dark stones of their eyes bereft of pupil or optic nerve. so much venous blood spilled on loose leaf paper. and all the faded photographs that live inside my mind. 250814 what's it to you? who go blather from