Pieter Claesz, "Vanitas Still Life with Self-Portrait", C.1628, Exhibited at: The Exhibition Collections of the Germanisches National museum, Nuremberg

Artifacted antiques
gifts given
issues inherited 
frozen forever

Ambiguous things     Memento Mori
reflected selves          trompe l’oeil
cold violin                   carpe diem
spent candle               coup de grâce
stained glass               una vita ben spesa
stolen skull                  ivory mirror

No time ticking
a cracked walnut
dreams, dried ink

I was here