My mother's death, almost 15,
Says she wants no gift this year.
I always deny I want things too
But am pleased to get them.
Three photobooth photographs
Of my mother at 15
Show her head a bit tilted
With one eyebrow arched
As she auditions versions
Of a small and world-weary smile.
Her lipstick looks very red
(A nice trick since the photo
Is black and white)
Her friend Estie dared her, I think,
To put some on and then
Loaned her a tissue to remove it
Before they went home.
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