A Pair of Flowers

Originally posted February 23, 2024.

Photo by Maarten Deckers on Unsplash

I didn’t think it’d make a friend
so soon. I say to my mother
as she places a glass bouquet
next to the first and a surprised
laugh escapes her bereaved lips,
simply from my strained way 
of lamenting: I didn’t think father
and grandmother would die
within a month of each other.

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