silver

can you see the sheen

on the coat of a silver tailed fox

or the cool handful of tinsel

on the Christmas bough

the Mexican ladies dangling from ears

.925 stamped on the small of her back

the weight of the drawer

laden  with mother’s and her mother’s silver

spoons and knifes and forks

the ones that you polish twice a year

and hope you haven’t missed a spot

silver plate ,sterling silver

is it the same I can never remember

I should know being my mother’s daughter….