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Unattended

     Ballpoint pens,
                                chewed pencils,
            hard erasers,
    single AirPods,
                                            used tissues,
                         a broken USB charger,
    jackets slung over chairs,
                                      a child’s flip-flop discarded near the bathroom,
                    lace underwear by the tarmac, 
                            picked up with latex gloves 
                                                    and a wrinkled nose.
The announcer speaks: 
             All unattended bags will be discarded and destroyed. 
                                Your objects, whether beloved or trivial, 
                        will cease to exist.
Here we have
                       A thousand objects left behind, but no missing posters. 
                                           No search parties. 
                                            No attempt to recover. 

A girl hugs her mother’s leg. Children under two don’t require tickets to board. They are small and easily missed.

Amelia Scott​

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