Proud and prized joint-family heirlooms
Rusty toy tricycle
Cracked wooden duck rocker
Faded pink pattu pavaadai (silk skirt)
Partially unbeaded necklace
Passed down from Cousins C to V to So to me to Si to Ja
- a chain never to be broken.
Wait with bated breath for the older cousin to outgrow
For the next little heir to take joyful ownership.
Reuse - a normal way of life.
Blissfully ignorant about 'style obsolescence'
Not sucked into consumerism.
