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collecting memories

she is collecting memories

for the day when

he is no longer here

 

today she fills her casket

with

3 ofcourseiloveyous

1 nosheisjustafriend

2 ilikeyoubiggers

and a brief

reluctant

kiss

 

she tucks her treasures

safe away

 

scrabbling frantic

for his fallen phone

with

that number on it

 

he wonders

why she keeps

a box of nails

beneath the bed

 

more shelves

presumably