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HOUSE OF GRANDMA

         Huge house of Grandma once in grandeur and pomp
                                 ran full of kin, cousin, relatives.
         The staircase leading  to roof had a beautiful banister
                 The residence was my birthplace.
                     
            So far, I remember on my visit, when I was four
            Grandma put a flyer under the porch of the house.
            Flyer was a dazzling golden satin designed by herself
           with sparkling spangles and red rosette at corners
                        showing ‘Welcome Little Princess’.
            
      Onward whenever I visited, I saw that hanging in same gorgeous glow.
                  She died when I was seventeen.
                 I reminisce her deep affection
                 
          After fifty years I revisited the decaying house
                     now left under caretaker.
            Door window in broken condition: Rusted latch in gate.
               Garden Once  bloomed mostly in white flowers
                      spreading pellucid placid calmness
                now full of feral ferns, wild weeds, thorny bushes.
                  
              Most expected scenario. I was not shocked yet sighed.
                      Whelmed to see the flyer still hanging
                      and shows ‘Welcome Little Princess’.
                            Gentle zephyr whispers.
      .                     
           Sun rays making network of shadows through cracked lattice.
                          Flyer though pale, dusty, bland,
                           spangles still in shimmering sheen.
                                                     
                  The decaying house welcomed me
                           though Grandma had left.
                                                                    I wept.                                                                                    
                               

  07/18/20
                                                                          Second Place

   'Decaying House' Contest by Constance La France
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