London townhouse by designer Philip Vergeylen. Simon Upton photo in Elle Decor.

Toronto, Ontario - August 22

It's my sister's golden birthday! Write a poem about gold, or about a golden birthday.

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I can just imagine a woman saying this with a hot cup of coffee in her hand as she sits in an old wooden chair, one foot on the ground and the other flat against the seat of the chair, staring sightlessly at the dust motes floating in the air as they pass through the little bit of light allotted by the crack in the curtain in an otherwise disheveled mess of a kitchen, wearing an oversized long-sleeved cardigan with mascara lightly streaking her face and tears slowly pooling in her pale green eyes.

Toronto, Ontario - August 22

Toronto, Ontario - August 22

Jeweler Federico de Vera’s upstate NY home. William Abranowicz photo in Elle Decor.