.
they left their money
everything they ever owned
south carolina
allowed to leave Iran
this was the only way
he was a doctor
beautiful couple
he died from a heart attack
didn’t understand
he wasn’t heavy
the doctor was very young
at my synagogue
many years later
she offered to drive me back
greenville to charleston
three hours each way
but first we went to her house
guess who’s house it was
it was my aunt’s house
she bought houses and fixed them
it was beautiful
when i was little
until the year before this
my father would laugh
you should be careful
how you look at anything
because it would break
having old white stove
probably like the waltons
the last century
i had no idea
we were going to my aunt’s home
moved to virginia
it wasn’t like
my aunt couldn’t afford new things
daddy would buy them
two of his sisters
he took care of everyone
they lost their husband’s
before i was born
both of her sons are doctors
stock my father bought
my second aunt
who doesn’t believe in progress
they’re set in their ways
one hundred eighty miles
inviting her to stay
she had to go home
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