Dominoes Ornament PUMPKIN Windows and chrome are trimmed

Windows and chrome are trimmed in by brush

and has had it since before autumn started asking

its hardware seated into the glass rather than sitting on top

The blue holds up under a window's worth of afternoon light

Dominoes Ornament PUMPKIN Windows and chrome are trimmedGame night gifts usually mean another box for the shelf, and this one hangs instead: a pair of glass dominoes, pips raised and painted, tiles set at the angle of a match just decided. Each tile is blown flat and true, the pips are dotted by hand in a count the studio triple checks, and both faces are glossed so the spots read from a full table's length away. The cap sits where the tiles meet, preserving the angle permanently, the game forever one move