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Standing at the Hall Closet

It’s been two months and you are still giving me things. This time I inherited your long tan coat. The one you wore along with a plastic bag on your head when it was raining. The one that swooshed when your arms swung back and forth while the long belt would drag along the ground on one side. The one nobody wanted. I slid my arms into the sleeves and felt the sleek fabric hug my skin, unlike the way it hung from your frail shoulder blades. I slowly reached my hands further and further into the deep pockets, dreading that I’d find leftover food wrapped up in napkins- and cried when it wasn’t there.
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