Memento Mori
In these troubled times when we cannot travel
our objects
that have traveled with us
can trigger pleasant memories
of other places in better times.
The backpack for instance
that traversed the Alps
from Lyon to Milan to Rome to Milan to Lyon again.
The denim culottes
(purchased on eBay,
signifying more stories
that their current owner
will never know)
have walked up to Edinburgh castle
on one of the shortest days of the year.
The leather jacket
purchased with a rip in the back
was reserved for the L train to DeKalb Avenue.
Proust said it best:
When we can't travel in space,
With the aid of memory
We can travel in time,
And, lord knows,
that trip can unfold a richness to the senses
that the original trip never achieved.
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