Pocket Knife
I screamed and plunged my arm in to grab it.
Narrative
Stories — true, invented, or somewhere in-between.
Curry Puff Pot
The one pretty thing that reminded me of oily, deep-fried food.
D&D Earrings
Symbols for the first thing that let me pretend to be who I wanted to be.
Chalices
There’s something more fantastical than ironic about them.
Funeral Flower
It felt like the kind of physical thing you bring back from Narnia.
Bicycle Bell
“I need a decent bell,” I said.
Peepshow Token
What a libertine wants, more than anything, is liberty.
Cabbage Tureen
I considered it the epitome of bad taste.
Mooninite Device
How did these Mooninite lite-brite devices end up all over Boston?
Thermos
My thermos is like a magic wand.
Poker Chip
Sometimes we win — without knowing why.
Laddoo vs. Cake
The cake has always been at odds with Indian culture.
Vase
It didn't become visible, for me, until I happened to hear a family story.
Ney
"Listen to the ney, what it says / It tells a story of yearning."