Tchotchke
Tchotchke
A house full of tchotchke.
Who is going to care about the ornament of Sami?
Or the gift from my first dean?
Who will know about the gift after graduation?
What will happen to the artwork, the plants, the antiques?
Who will care?
Who will know that the weird orange statue
was gift to my sister that she left behind?
Who cares when I’m gone?
Who will care that I am gone?
This Mystic Musing
Comes to You From Catherine
About Catherine Coates
Catherine Coates is the author of the books, Longing for Intimacy: Glimmers of Hope, and Like as a Hart: Poems to Quench Longing. She has also published a set of inspirational cards, Musings on Grace.
Her next book will be considerations of Jewish/Christian theological tenets which arose in her after spending time in a Christian cult.
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