{"id":109198,"date":"2022-06-25T13:02:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T17:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=109198"},"modified":"2022-06-25T13:02:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T17:02:49","slug":"tin-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/tin-type\/","title":{"rendered":"Tin Type"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I saw her yesterday, again, in an antiques shop,<\/p>\n

billowed<\/p>\n

cotton floral dress,<\/p>\n

dusty rusty gray and faded silver-oxide blacks,<\/p>\n

a 20th century still-life in motion, tin type, I think,<\/p>\n

I want to bring her here,<\/p>\n

now, impossibly,<\/p>\n

but,<\/p>\n

would my America scare her?”<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

My last duty here, <\/em><\/p>\n

ten days ago, I buried my grandfather with<\/em><\/p>\n

his cherished tin-type, its wedged in<\/em><\/p>\n

folded musing\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

to himself.<\/em><\/p>\n

I must not hold on longer, we need<\/em><\/p>\n

high ground, and better food.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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