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~ The old scrapbooks ~
page 5
images: a baby girl!
music: Yankee Doodle Dandy
Whilst filing the letter from the general
in my correspondence map
my eyes were catched
by an old discolored envelop
slipping out between two old scrapbooks.
I couldn’t remember me
putting it there.
It sure tickled Nosey Nelly
and I picked it up.
On top of it
there was this beautiful
old stylish handwriting
“for Lulu
with love”
My heart started pumping beats.
Whom was that from?
And why didn’t I even recall receiving it?
I sat back,
again (yes, yes)
and caught myself
with my tongue
between my teeth and lips.
– I tend to do that
when I’m tense.
It is a family trait.
My uncle would do that
and one of my kids
and a nephew. –
I opened the envelope.
It had the delightful smell
of old paper and photographs.
And inside
– oh surprise –
4 beautiful pictures
and a little note.
“for Lulu
when she grows up
with kids of her own,
– a souvenir –
your aunt Mary”
This made me cry again.
It was me on all of the pictures.
Me as a little baby girl.
My father would always say
I was so tiny that I could fit
into a big match box.
And I always thought he was joking about that.
But no, here was the irrefutable proof.
Me in a matchbox,
me in a little headgear,
me in a topper.
I couldn’t believe my eyes.
And finally,
me boxed in a box
trying to climb out.
That’s me.
It sure is.
I just wished I remembered
aunt Mary better.
Cause there was nobody left
to tell me more about her.
Glossary
photograph = the writing of light
a scrapbook = more than just pictures
Nosey Nelly = American for Nosey Parker = curious Lulu
(said from an adult it becomes offensive)
family trait = unexplainable same attitude (for now)
family likeness = same looks
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