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Fabric soft and worn, faded red
Light and airy, detergent caressed
"It suits you," he had said, and he had been right.
Now standing outside, it was sticking to skin wet with rain
Tobacco smoke rising to nose, from where it had been long secreted in cotton depths
Tentative fingers wring out sodden cloth.
A former note of vibrancy seems absent, an unwilling campanion to his departure
Old cloth belying a multitude of memories
She's careful not to stretch the shirt, as it fits so perfectly.
Jessica Stubbs
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