Sunday, January 4, 2009

The hoarders or, The Things They Can't Live Without

My parents' keepsakes:
- a shrivelled up orange kept in his bedside drawer
- a balding dog-come-nightie-bag curled up on her side of the bed
- a man-scented soap-on-a-roap, unused
- a chocolate-covered valentine heart, long past its sell-by
- a portrait of a sad, doe-eyed clown looks down on them at night
whilst the photograph of an unknown child hangs 'round her neck
in a silver locket

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