It's Still Life

Quadrille #70 – Untitled Memories from My Aunt’s Kitchen

I recall
laughter in the kitchen.

Condensation on the windows.
Net curtains. Yellowed. Frilly tie-backs.
Ruffled aprons with long ties.

Politics in the living room.
Stinging scents — cigars, whiskey.
Cheers, they said.

We children,
we were told to go away.
And we did.

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