Notes of my mother

11/25/17

she was lovely I-miss-you post-it notes and letters,

a hundred missed messages, phone calls and emails.

all over the walls, she left them

placed them

stitched them into a red scarf

she will never wear.

12/9/17

The notes are gone and the house

a catacomb she wanders in the night.

found her once

felt the shudder

of her chest split the floor

and the apologies falling out

like a broken tape

she repeats the process of falling

endless. we’re here. falling.

Published by Alex J.J

Korean American born in Middletown, NY in 1998. Graduated from the University of Chicago in 2021 with a B.A. in Anthropology and a B.A. in Economics.

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