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The Past is An Ugly Wallpaper
August 20, 2018
This house remembers blood painted on its wood
two hundred years ago
This house remembers how it was once
a shelter and a cage
This house remembers wishing to be lost
This house remembers walls stripped down
If it disappeared then anything would
This house remembers being forgotten
This house remembers when it was loved
And when it was hated
This house remembers being more than today
© Ellen S., Franklin, KY
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This article has 4 comments.
leavemebe said...
on Sep. 7 2018 at 8:10 pm
So creative!
mymymaya said...
on Aug. 30 2018 at 2:19 pm
I love the line "a shelter and a cage"
wistfulwords said...
on Aug. 30 2018 at 2:14 pm
this is so amazingly written! love the allegory of a house used.
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