The World is Theirs
—for Amy
a store of tiny cabinets
and tin stars
and gold angels
and hand-stitched handkerchiefs
and monogrammed stationary
and all varieties of stamps
and a woman who once was a man
and a mother who once had a son
sift through the entire store
the mother and her daughter will design postcards
to send one another, and with each
they’ll turn something ordinary
into what neither can predict,
as necessary as love.
[ title from line in George Herbert’s poem, “Love (1)’ ]
Carla Sarett is a poet and novelist based in San Francisco. Her work has been nominated for Best American Essays, Best of Net, and the Pushcart. She Has Visions, her debut full-length collection, is published by Main Street Rag. Her newest chapbook, My Family Was Like a Russian Novel, is out from Plan B Press; and was shortlisted in multiple competitions. Carla earned her PhD from University of Pennsylvania.
