Syntax mimicry of Robert Lowell’s “Father’s Bedroom”
In my mother’s handbag:
Chocolates as old
as the beveled glass window,
hairbrush at the bottom,
a rose-red lipstick,
painted mirror with Art Deco cats.
The braided roping
had a textured weave.
The compact, black sac-a-main
With matching curved handle
was still stuffed
with initialed hankie and leather billfold
boasting shillings and pence.
Its worn zipper
was tattered like a gypsy’s rags.
In the flap-pocket:
“This bag belongs to.”
Below this type in her print:
“Would the finder of this purse
please return it to the
WRAF Auxiliary Radar Patrol,
Bristol, England.”
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