Look at the wrinkling fruit on the counter in the basket.
I wonder if I should pick it up.
I think I remember when it looked appetizing.
Maybe it will get eaten.
I see you running in the school ground.
When did you get so tall my love?
It feels like I have forgotten when you grew.
I don’t want you to leave.
Our old apartment seemed so small.
When did we bring all this into our house?
I can’t seem to throw these things away.
Perhaps when we move.
Look at the peeling paint on the steps.
I wonder if we should repaint them.
I think we should choose a different colour.
Maybe we should do this next year.
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Footnotes
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“Quartet of Remembrance” received an honourable mention in the 2011 ARS Medica and CMAJ Humanities Poetry and Prose contest, announced at the 2011 Canadian Conference on Medical Education.