Left on the kitchen table the day before Satinalia:
A parcel of medium size, wrapped in white paper. Upon opening it, there is first a folded knit shawl of dark and light blues, with delicate detailing along the edges finishing in cord and tassels at two ends. Wrapped within the shawl is a wooden jewelry box, exterior carved with intricate, overlapping rudbekia blooms, interior laid with velvet and a small mirror affixed to the hinged lid. Inside, a necklace of painted wooden beads in varying shades of pinks and reds, alongside a gold bracelet set with a pink stone that almost but doesn’t quite match the shades in the necklace. Small piece of parchment tucked along the side seam; unfolded, in Ellis’ handwriting, is a copied over poem.
delivery.