trente neuf : collect your own seashells

11 7 8
                                    

5:22 p.m.
wednesday noon —
the balcony

***

and then i
remembered
father. how i
wish he was
still alive —
then maybe
my witch of a
mother would
feel warmth
and love.

he would often
collect trinkets,
especially seashells. 
he was very fond 
of it, bringing me 
along with him to 
the coast. he always 
reminded me to
collect my own.

memories he
called it. i did not
understand it
that time. but i 
know that he
wouldn't want
me to stop
collecting. for
they are the
photographs
in life. 

***

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