Wardrobe, Hair and Make Up

Dress pants, a shirt and your purple sweater, she told my dad last night when he asked her what he should wear. And this morning at 6.30 when I walked into their bathroom, she asked to help her tie the belt on her sweater. Though a little later she came downstairs dressed in a different one. What to wear to go and have confirmed that it is cancer after all –three weeks of back and forth diagnosis– and that the kidney needs to be removed. Which, with my dad’s heart condition, is a really risky operation…

After they had left I went into their room and saw a black blazer with gold brooch lying folded on the bed. It seemed so infinitely human to me.

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