I remember a typewriter
by His office desk; to the left
mechanical by design
portable of a kind
though I never saw it
in the garden.
I remember a cupboard
in His office space
painted partly green
for reasons He knew best
it carried in its belly
a photograph; a face
a woman not the wife
a woman not the mother
a woman of desire perhaps
or a memory; \ forget-me-not ///;
a woman in uniform
a woman
without answers
I remember His typewriter
in His office; to the left
where He withdrew
contemplating perhaps
the merits of family life
and how best toย avoid it
