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My ’90s Bomber Jacket: A Treasured Object Poem

Thick and heavy, warm and supple…

Thick and heavy, warm and supple

Chocolate brown leather, a world map lining

Four pockets to hold:

Gloves, change, Kleenexes, icy fingers,

Oversized,

It clothes me in comfort

Distressed,

It encloses me in memories from

Years of travel from

Minnesota to Maine,

Vermont to Florida,

Oregon to Kansas.

My trendy friend found years ago

In a Phoenix boutique

Is now classic outerwear and

Perfect for…

Ever.

–Marilyn Yung


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By Marilyn Yung

Writes | Teaches | Not sure where one ends and the other begins.

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