drawer · the upstairs bureau, top right, with the small key

drawer · inherited, never worn

cufflinks

gold-coloured. probably gilt. a monogram of an initial that is not yours but used to be in the family. they sit in their original box, on slightly worn green silk.

none of your shirts has the right cuff for them. you have not, for that matter, owned shirts of that kind. the cufflinks remain in the drawer, in the box, on the silk, exact.

field-note: the box still smells, faintly, of his cologne.

memory · naturata · cloakroom · buttons

atlas · return