shanta young - haunted house

2014-06-12 1

it echoes, its aching stairs its doors gone stiff at the hinges, remind us of its, owner who grew old, who died, but who are still here: leaning in the closet like curtain rod, sleeping on the cellar shelf like this empty jelly jar.

shanta young

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