"Ok " she replied.

 

The kitchen clock recalled-

she checked her 'phone.

 

She moved the box and

sat on the bed-

gripping the belt

of her gown

she beaded it's material

through chapped and

nail bitten fingers.

 

Down stairs a door closed

and the toilet flushed.

She heard the sounds of the street

the front door shut with force.

 

She held her breath

and looked at the photo

that she now held.

 

An engine started

she looked again at the photo'

and let her breath go.

She knew now that she

was turning into her mother.

 

She looked up:

The laundry needed washing

the bathroom needed cleaning

the sheets needed changing

she sighed again

her life needed mending.

 

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words and foto Tommy