W/th'thrifted

Best to keep the stale smell on them long as possible; do not wash.
an upward glance

like a mother

     a soft green scarf

trails

on the shallow descending steps of daily living

smelling old green attic,
smelling salvation cloth
     where tommy james waver-wilts
     in fluorescents above shoppers

the drab color of
familiarity,
of family.