The Short Story
i. Bowie Bakery artifact
ii. Front Door
ii. Front Door
iii. Living Room Clock
iv. Grandpa’s House
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a bag of eggs, tomatoes, onions, beans, coffee,
sweet Mexican bread
towards Niles St
a house as tiny as I remember,
greeted by a Mexican Palm
stretching 12 meters into the sky
85 square-meters gated in metal and concrete stone
walls decorated with stray cats
Grandpa’s house
memories dressed in stucco,
the color of desert sand
bright sky blue upon front entry
spilling from the outside in
up towards the ceilings
disrupted by conduits
ornate clocks, cowboy hats, family portraits
pressed up against blue walls, as if they are floating in the sky
southbound trains
rumble the tile work beneath my feet
irregular transitions
toward the kitchen
bright cactus green on the walls
Dr. Pepper and fresh pecans
bitter, earthy, crumbly if I were to crack them, catching a lick of its outer shell
Sweet, smooth, and buttery if Grandpa were to crack them
another irregular transition
dark cactus green
Backyard scrap yard
Porcelain toilet, deconstructed washing machine
aluminum cans buried beneath the dirt
work boots and paint cans, live with prickly pears, and roosters
sweet Mexican bread
towards Niles St
a house as tiny as I remember,
greeted by a Mexican Palm
stretching 12 meters into the sky
85 square-meters gated in metal and concrete stone
walls decorated with stray cats
Grandpa’s house
memories dressed in stucco,
the color of desert sand
bright sky blue upon front entry
spilling from the outside in
up towards the ceilings
disrupted by conduits
ornate clocks, cowboy hats, family portraits
pressed up against blue walls, as if they are floating in the sky
southbound trains
rumble the tile work beneath my feet
irregular transitions
toward the kitchen
bright cactus green on the walls
Dr. Pepper and fresh pecans
bitter, earthy, crumbly if I were to crack them, catching a lick of its outer shell
Sweet, smooth, and buttery if Grandpa were to crack them
another irregular transition
dark cactus green
Backyard scrap yard
Porcelain toilet, deconstructed washing machine
aluminum cans buried beneath the dirt
work boots and paint cans, live with prickly pears, and roosters