title: lace bodice belonging to rose grainger

                                                   *object category: bodices**[[1]](<https://www.notion.so/The-lost-lady-found-1904-a0f5aaa486d3407b9558cbb1cdaab85f#_ftn1>)***

in the pink light of dusk their

hands are clasped together in

dance:

her son, his sweetheart and

she.

the summer night breathes

out a feverish

heat that melts their faces

into something resembling

strawberry jam.

she pulls him aside. through

her teeth:

you love me, don’t

you? more than you love,

to the right, his sweetheart

is dancing alone.

her?