Their granddaughter
still hunts for secrets
in the amputated hands
of antique figures.
And in her shop
the mannequins play along,
their eyes staring back
at our blank faces.
Robert Castagna teaches Pictures and Poetry at a local senior center. As a photographer, he has received the Massachusetts Cultural Council Photography Fellowship and The Artist's Resource Trust Grant. He has published a book of photographs and poems entitled Borderlands. He is a returning student of creative writing attending UMass Boston.