012: the faithful continued working of mr yamagashi and the machines
May 31, 2009
mr yamagashi understands that the scent of hospitals
will never leave his mind, even when
the flowers mrs yamagashi loved so much bloom
in the garden he pays someone to keep. it isn’t
as beautiful as it was Before, but she asked him
to watch over it as though it were his own
so he does his best.
he knows the word is sterile, but to him
it’s bittersweet, a scent he would associate with
almonds, or maybe mrs yamagashi’s baking–
not the finished result on the table, but the
flour and the raw ingredients, her apron still dusty
when he came home at exactly five fifteen. the hospital
was a bad time, but he was grateful anyway, because
that time, at least, he got to say goodbye.
he wasn’t awake when she left, either, but
he and the machines were the first to know.
overtones ⚪
continuation of mr yamagashi set
totally not sad house scenes (i’m lying)
the faithful continued working of mr yamagashi and the machines by Levi Hatle is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
