My Mother Always Wore

The blue silk Chinese coat
Dr. Ramón had given her

A copper MIA bracelet with
“Capt. Robert Kent 12-20-68” on it

A little sack of salt around her neck
to keep her from having chills

Nil Simile shoes, from the shop
owned by Rattray the tailor

Shalimar back then
with Tangee lipstick

That frosted pink color
I never really liked

The mood ring I bought her
when I was six years old

And a Spanish coin from
her “fallen star,” my father.

– Jamie in Brooklyn (search phrase “my mother always wore”)

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