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Date Posted: 14:59:10 07/24/01 Tue
Author: Wendy
Author Host/IP: 208.219.109.234
Subject: The House Next Door



Vines hang
off the apple tree
like a skein of tangled yarn.

Beyond, the evergreen
looms in gaunt stillness
as windows shine
through its fur-dark shade.

I think of eyes, those of a cat
watching for the right
moment to pounce
on a wild clump of vegetation

Their yellow gaze
tells little of the rooms
or the people who walk
in shadow on antique walls.

A few days ago.
I saw a young couple
head for the cottage door.

The man carried
two scrap-iron candelabrums
under his arms,
and the woman cradled
a sheaf of dried flowers
in hers.

Perhaps, they spend the evening
chanting spells,
and roaming backyards
through a familiar’s light --.
the moon.

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