did taxes yesterday
found the receipt for your last shoes
bought in January
you were thrilled with them
loved nice things
i cried like a baby remembering you in those shoes
so careful to keep salt off
to clean them every evening
still
they hurt a bit to wear
as each bit of clothing began to
a rubbed seam
a rough textile
all clothes became
pools of worn rubble
chafing your easily bruised body
an enclosure
that you
2 nights before you died
ran to escape
i've kept the receipt among the tax things
i want to think of those shoes again
just you and the shoes
for in those first few minutes
when we bought them, you smiled
held my hand
and we were happy
found the receipt for your last shoes
bought in January
you were thrilled with them
loved nice things
i cried like a baby remembering you in those shoes
so careful to keep salt off
to clean them every evening
still
they hurt a bit to wear
as each bit of clothing began to
a rubbed seam
a rough textile
all clothes became
pools of worn rubble
chafing your easily bruised body
an enclosure
that you
2 nights before you died
ran to escape
i've kept the receipt among the tax things
i want to think of those shoes again
just you and the shoes
for in those first few minutes
when we bought them, you smiled
held my hand
and we were happy
