clay & cast iron

clay and cast-iron

rum-colored silver sunglasses

white gold

sapphire

and apricot soap

french leather purses and saris with painted-on flowers

the smell of old cedar and jasmine perfume

fig trees

bottles of milk

and sewing machines

the ring baba gave you that you used to leave by the sink

i gave you away

you told me you take your darjeeling black with a scone

and

always remove your shoes in a home"