Livingroom
living room feels
like a photograph
the cowrie shell
little glass birds
art bookshelves
gentle wallpaper
dark strip of wood
around the fireplace
brown tweed on the sofa
Mum’s little green swivel chair
old kind of brown
plastic castors that
protect the parquet
from legs of the chairs
sometimes
press into
the carpet
dried flower honesty
corn heads grasses
box with the coal bucket
Mum’s chest with its layers
and layers of folded fabric
sewing stuff knitting needles
wool patterns
the light that swings from the wall
the green glass sphere
on the marble bowl
on the high windowsill
at the end of the dining table
the lampshade that they made
with the funny bread loaf
weight for raising it when
there were parties
the box of inherited cutlery
under the side board