Half a box of cornflakes and two
cans of
Campbell’s soup in the kitchen
cupboard.
A chipped green coffee cup,
rinsed, and a
slightly-tarnished teaspoon in the
stained
porcelain sink. A bowl of sugar on the counter.
A black plastic comb, a disposable
razor,
and a red and white striped can of
shaving cream
in the bathroom. Dentures in a blue plastic cup.
Six stained undershirts with
matching shorts,
four pair of black socks, neatly
folded, in a dresser drawer.
A pair of bedroom slippers with
the soles worn thin.
A brown weathered wallet
containing three wrinkled bills,
an expired driver’s license,
and a forty-year-old photograph
of a dark-haired woman laughing
and a little boy with fat cheeks
and blond curls.
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