inventory after the fire

item type | quantity | year acq’d | condition | total costit typ | quan y | ear q’d | con on | tot osti m pe | u nit | y ac | dit on | to a st

that phantom person (item type: ghost?)                                        in the corner                                        of the room—                                        of the eye—never seenstraight on

don’t make me lookinto my memory (condition: bad?)

don’t ask me to write downevery belongingwe lost (quantity: too many?)onto sheets | into columns | and rows—

like being asked to takethe body parts of a beloved (year acq’d.: 1975?)and organize them on a grid

(total cost: tbd?)