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| 1850's Tintype provided by The Mag |
The photo
framed to be displayed
was buried at the bottom
of the old stagecoach trunk
in the corner of the basement.
The trunk
had drawn her interest
a very unique antique to be restored
but too heavy to be moved
and so she had begun.
The dig
through her family's layers.
Moving from colored glossies
to Polaroids
and black and whites
to tintypes.
No labels
no dates beyond the medium
No names of the family members
enshrined in Kodachrome
or silver print.
No name
of this relative of the past
with the strange glasses
and the headless cat
lying on the very bottom of the trunk.
J. Binford-Bell
July 2014
