Talisman
Inside a small brown envelope on my desk is my mother's hairpin.
We sold the jewellery, gave away the dresses, hats and bags, no
one wanted the fur coats. My mother's hair stayed blonde into her
eighties. When she was young she had straight hair. Later, she
had perms. On the triple-mirrored dressing table the silver
brush set and cut glass bottles. The smell of Elizabeth Arden face
powder and floral perfumes. In the small drawers, gloves, lace
handkerchiefs and silk stockings. The wedding picture is in my
house now. My father's centrally parted wavy hair and moustache,
my mother's blue eyes.
We sold the jewellery, gave away the dresses, hats and bags, no
one wanted the fur coats. My mother's hair stayed blonde into her
eighties. When she was young she had straight hair. Later, she
had perms. On the triple-mirrored dressing table the silver
brush set and cut glass bottles. The smell of Elizabeth Arden face
powder and floral perfumes. In the small drawers, gloves, lace
handkerchiefs and silk stockings. The wedding picture is in my
house now. My father's centrally parted wavy hair and moustache,
my mother's blue eyes.
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