all the kindness that you can gather

Francis Newton Souza, Head in a Landscape (1958) 

--

I found the hairbrush 

that my son had left behind 

when he left home that last time 

and we never saw him again 

And in that brush was a bit of his hair 

and there with it a bit of my heart 

I held it to my face for a moment 

and breaking down 

I returned it to the drawer

--

James' recipe for a decent day.

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