EASTERN SILKS OGRR 20 418

Envy had pointed him home

All the books with removed covers

sat in the car

and he was taking them

to be donated

The memories would last him

a lifetime

Home awaited

His support had come from

the touch of a warm hand

placed on his thigh

It was an assurance

that love outlasts

the pain of uncertainty

Before the compartment

was the bright purple sweater

he’d taken off

Its tag read Eastern Silks

This, he decided,

would be his re minder of this town