I’ve had to make myself this deal countless times
since buying your house untouched,
since two estate sales with everything that won’t move,
since swapping out the mailbox whose painted robin
had been lost to time, since the stupid blue
plastic ice cube tray cracked
and needed replaced.
Each time I have to let another thing go
I have to make myself think,
it served its purpose
it was here for you when you were here with us.
And so, every minute after that its helped me is a bonus.
A break I didn’t know I was going to catch,
help that I didn’t have to ask for,
A gift that I hope I always have the eyes to recognize and see.
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