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2015

Locket

Too clumsy to ever wear. Thick, irregular ellipse. Clasp, hook, eyelet for the chain, wide enough to put an eye to. White tally marks where the catch has missed, Where the man opened, closed, and opened Seeing his face, her face, over and over, for the first time. May, 1915, they sent back the box. […]

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