mnemosyne
Billie Dee and Kathryn J. Stevens
Billie Dee and Kathryn J. Stevens
hail ping
on a galvanized roof
the woodshed
perfumed with yellow pine
and packrat nest
windborne
the woody essence
of Rose of Sharon
suddenly she’s with me
the sister lost long ago
the gleam
of her beaded evening clutch
still, faintly
that old familiar scent—
Shalimar and Lucky Strikes
dry lips brush
the nape of my neck
a whiff of cocoa
on his breath
an old bedtime story
MacQueen's Quinterly 24, August 2024
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