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it’s all there on the piece of paper she slides
across the table to me like an unspoken offer
folded in three places to fit into a blank
envelope. Photocopied from the original
the white of the page xeroxed grey and
the name and contact details of their lawyer
at the top long paragraphs infrequently interrupted
by space tight rows of details and instructions
in case of death together death separately and
where they want to be buried how they want assets
spread i turn the pages over and chose a polite
face and tell her it looks good to me and Mum
is looking at the cocktail specials, glasses balanced
on her short thin nose
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