Lost Souvenirs

Suppose lost and found objects could talk But they can At least four of them A statuette of Osiris remembers how two exlovers a model and a good for nothing who claimed to be an Egyptologist met again one Christmas Eve A violin has things to say about Raoul a humble policeman who lost Solange a widowed grocer he loved to a goddam seducing busker also named Raoul A scarf was witness to an eerie romance between a young madman and girl he had saved from suicide A funeral wreath lets us know how it caused a young woman to believe her lover dead After having told their respective story the objects return to their customary stillness