Whir by Marjorie Power

Whir

by Marjorie Power

published in Peacock Journal, 2017

Preparing to market our last housewe sort mugs, linens, boots, books, hooks in little plastic drawers

nesting bowls and winter coats. We choose which furniture to sell – trestle table, fairy tale bed. We circle

through each carousel of tiny photos

meant to be seen projected large on a bleach-white screen

left at Goodwill before we moved here.Left with its partner, that machine whose whir meant all’s right with the world.

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