The shatter of broken
glass
Jagged blue shards
Sparkle on the living
room floor
I dropped the vase
The one you gave me for
an anniversary
It was so pretty in the
afternoon sun
On a different table
In a different hallway
Pieces of regret
Swept into the dustpan
And dropped, tinkling
into the waste can
One less memory to dust
Brandon Carter
Chasia Eidson
Sarah Gibson
Katy Oliver
Richelle Peryea
Rick Stowe
Jacqueline Walker
Faculty Advisor: Silas House, LMU Writer-in-residence
Website: Joshua Dodson
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