Souvenir Shop
there was
a quality
of pitch
to her tone
a grittiness
at the bottom
of her laughter
the way she
talked
rhetorical
how she
lifted each
object
and turned it
over
said something
and when
she asked me
“where’re ‘ya from, dear?”
that was it
poor woman
had no idea
“I’m sorry …
you remind me …
of granny …”
TL