Rain Water Pipe

Day 2: The prompt suggested using a meaning from Acronym Attic for the letters RWP. Another tough one:

Rain Water Pipe

After five years they made her let go

of his socks, his aftershave,

the work papers she read at night sometimes

when it was too cold to sleep alone.

His handwriting comforted her

even if the formulas were gibberish.

She could never bear to read

the love letters they let her keep.

They even replaced the leaky rain water pipe

he’d insisted on installing himself,

though she begged them not to.

Now her home is filled

with juicers and grills

and closet organizers she can never find,

clothes she never wears,

books she never reads.

And no one ever comes

to take it all away.