Appendix H
Fig. 118: A silk scarf, painted with a map. Unrolled but not yet straightened over the table so that the rivers and mountains are shadowed in cobalt ink.
Fig. 120: A question, posed by an airplane mutely scanning the landscape, Which of the lakes is mine?
Appendix J
Fig. 207: Cross section of a house. A series of buttons line the visible foundation. Labeled in unevenly inked typewriter letters: 1 Heater Room, 2 Living Room, 3 Dining Room, 4 Kitchen, 5 Lavatory, 6 Family Room, 7 Landing, 8 Upstairs Bathroom, 9 Cedar Closet, 10 Girls, 11 Hall Closet, 12 Grandparents, 13 Sewing Room, 14 Attic, 15 Vestibule. Pressing each causes a light to progress through the rooms. Kitchen button plays a recording. A tinny sounding man’s voice delineates the contents of the bread drawer on any given day of the week, surrendering the secret of the ironing board hidden away.
Fig. 221: Unwritten schedule, uncompromising as law:
Monday wash day
Tuesday ironing
Wednesday baking
Thursday groceries
Friday bank day, dusting
Saturday vacuum and baths
Sunday rest
Fig. 260: A flyer for classes meeting at the fire station. Ladies are welcome to come learn furniture repair. Ladies are welcome to come learn tailoring skills. Ladies are welcome to come learn how to be more in the home. Ladies are welcome to learn, welcome to content themselves with domestic expertise.
Appendix K
Fig. 217: A map with red lines sewn in from city to city, crossing state lines and ending abruptly in places without dots, without a known name. Each line anchored with a different smiling photo of the same elderly couple, holding hands. Nowhere on the map does the figure of my father appear before 1983.
Fig. 217a: A map full of pins with flags with dates beginning 19— and ending in 20— marking a a series of locations, enigmatically linked by the numbers, silent when concerned with story.
PLease enjoy the of these appendices, created by Natalie Johnson.
lives in Fairfax, Virginia. Her poems have appeared or will appear soon in [d]ecember, Lunch Ticket, Massachusetts Review, NonBinary Review, and Quarterly West, among many others. Her chapbook, Portage, is forthcoming from Sundress Publications in Winter 2014. Follow her @blueaisling on Twitter.
