Andrew Lansdown: Silver Pendant
Silver Pendant
1
Fallen
A simple pendant,
a small unchained ornament—
how far it’s fallen
from a woman’s slender neck
onto the road embankment.
2
Assumption
Irrationally
I assume some Asian girl
lost the silver
Chinese-character pendant
glinting in the gravel-stones.
3
Lost
Below the hollow
below the throat, on the skin
above the breathing—
that’s where it used to dangle,
the tarnished pendant I found.
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