WEDDING SILVER

Reed and Barton, Pointed Antique—
our wedding silver, plain and timeless.

My mother's pattern—
that's why I selected it—

because she promised her silver to me,
to fill out my collection.

Only after she died I learned
that she'd sold it instead.

At some point she'd changed her mind
and carried out her plan in secret—

leaving this bitter surprise
as her legacy.