She opened her suitcase at 4:17
and in the next 29 minutes
packed it with
politics
calendula
203 books including reference
blue bars of Frederick and Nelson soaps still unopened
the summer tide tables
a handful of pennies and
bridge party napkins.
“I won’t be back”
she called to the empty walls.
THEY SAID SHE HAD A HEART THAT WOULDN’T QUIT.
snapped the clasps opened the window and slipped away
BUT IT DID.
some things we fold and keep
from the studio notebook
