Souvenirs

In the memory ward, I unwrap a bulb, bulging, of wax paper, like pages of the Times circling Murano glass. The transparent encases an iris: yellow tongue, blue petals; the fragile nestled among tinsel, tin icicles in the attic. Other creases reveal themselves, origami in the unmaking, and then marzipan (lemon shaped) and candied fruit […]