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Our toothbrushes sit together in a navy mug

That my mother bought from Ikea when she was 24. 

A navy mug from Ikea that my mother bought for her first apartment in the States. 

Morning coffee in a navy mug in my mother’s first apartment

In Kansas,

While she contemplated whether she married the right man. 

Our toothbrushes sit

Together in a navy mug. 

They look at each other.

I am quiet. 

And I think about the thing you didn’t say, 

The other day.