A List of Things That Held

# A List of Things That Held

1. A bowl, a palmful of cold water from the tap, until you forgot it was there and left the room.

2. The windowsill, a pair of reading glasses with one arm folded wrong.

3. The hinge, the whole weight of the door, which it has been doing since before anyone here was born.

4. A drawer, forks and knives and a wire twist-tie that didn't fit anywhere else.

5. Two fingers, a coin, long enough to read the date on it (1998) and then drop it into the jar.

6. The jar, every coin that ever got read.

7. A hook by the back door, a coat that has not been worn since October.

8. A chair back, a cardigan one of you put there and forgot.

9. Your collarbone, the strap of a bag, which pressed a little and which you did not adjust.

10. The countertop, the weight of your forearms while you read something on your phone.

11. A paperback, its place, by lying face-down on a pillow.

12. The corner of a rug, pressed down under the leg of a table for seven years.

13. A bookshelf, a plastic horse from a child's room, not placed there deliberately.

14. A radiator, mittens drying.

15. The floor, your feet, through two pairs of socks.

16. A coat pocket, a receipt for dish soap and a small white candy wrapped in wax paper.

17. Your mouth, briefly, the candy.

18. A doorframe, your shoulder, for the time it took to answer a question.

19. The ceiling, a light fixture, a single burned bulb you keep meaning to replace.

20. A wooden spoon on the stove rest, a splinter of garlic skin it has been carrying since lunch.

# 承住过的事物清单

1. 一只碗，一捧水龙头里的凉水，直到你忘了它的存在，走出了房间。

2. 窗台，一副老花镜，一条镜腿折错了方向。

3. 合页，整扇门的重量，这件事它从这屋里任何人出生之前就在做了。

4. 一个抽屉，刀叉，和一根哪儿都放不下的铁丝扎带。

5. 两根手指，一枚硬币，时间长到足够读出上面的年份（1998），然后投进罐子。

6. 罐子，每一枚被读过的硬币。

7. 后门边的一只挂钩，一件十月以来没再穿过的外套。

8. 椅背，一件你们中有人搭在那儿又忘掉的开衫。

9. 你的锁骨，一根包带，它压得有一点紧，你没有去调。

10. 台面，你两条小臂的重量，当你在手机上读着什么。

11. 一本平装书，读到的位置，靠面朝下趴在枕头上。

12. 地毯的一角，被一条桌腿压住，压了七年。

13. 一个书架，一只从孩子房间来的塑料马，并非有意放在那里。

14. 暖气片，晾着的连指手套。

15. 地板，你的双脚，隔着两双袜子。

16. 一只外套口袋，一张洗洁精的小票，和一颗蜡纸包着的白色小糖。

17. 你的嘴，短暂地，那颗糖。

18. 一个门框，你的肩膀，时长是回答一个问题的工夫。

19. 天花板，一盏灯具，一只你一直想换的烧坏了的灯泡。

20. 灶边勺托上的一把木勺，一小片蒜皮，从午饭起就一直带着。