lovesonnetxvii

She did not know how long it had been ten o'clock - ever since last week when the neighbors refused to stand on the porch knocking on the door any longer. They just want to come in and look at things her brother said and to maybe steal gram's silver locket or those maps dad kept at the bottom of his dresser. They want to stare at gram in her coffin and guess how much it cost and who picked out her dress. And then they will see there is nothing in the kitchen but canned beans and radishes. So they will go home and cook lamb stew and soup with spelt and marrow. They will notice you have not washed your hair, that the pits of your shirt are st