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Pocketful

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POCKETFUL

The day the hospice nurse advised
removal of his wife's belongings

for his sake
the long boughs of her blouses

the curved pale bottles of perfume
her tulipwood jewelry box

he began to slip small items
into the fall of his front shirt pocket

curious the weight of
a beaded eyeglass chain

a green pillbox
one threadbare ankle sock

a plastic comb certainly
the round of her wedding ring

rivering inside the cloth
nearly enough

A. E. Swaney
Seattle