Heirloom
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In Katrina's wake a china set waits once again for recovery among the shattered homes, floated from shelf to foundation by the levee break. Plates lie in immaculate stacks, teacups nest unchipped, intact, colorful pattern blooms through poisoned mud, a remarkable survival or an artifact of generations flooding, and always flooding back.
Victoria Sloan Jordan
Victoria Sloan Jordan, a finalist for the 2006 James Hearst Poetry Prize, lives in Seattle. Her work was recently published in the book In Katrina's Wake: Portraits of Loss from an Unnatural Disaster.
