Here is the prompt. Where has this suitcase been? Where is it now? When is it now? Does it have an owner? You tell us the story you see!
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It was in the shadowy attic corner that he found it. His mother’s suitcase. He opened it and memories spilled over him. How he sifted through his grandmother’s underwear for presents as a child. His mother bringing it home after his grandmother’s unexpected death. She took it, pregnant, full of baby clothes to the hospital, and both came home empty. And to the other hospital when inconsolable afterward. It traveled the world with her, going everywhere he couldn’t. It smelled of her life. After she was gone, the only thing he kept was her empty suitcase stuffed full of memories.