Abandoned House
Dusty shoes in empty hallway
Slanting sun through hanging doorway
Garden pathway gone to seed
Flowerbeds filled with weed
Dust motes playing through broken panes
Dirty rivulets from recent rains
Rusty streaks from leaky plumbing
Constant beat from droplets drumming
Shutters banging on hollow walls
Echoing sadly through empty halls
Tiles uplifted, cracked and broken
Deserted toy, forgotten token
Threadbare carpets torn and rotting
Cupboards bare with mildew spotting
Barren rooms, soiled and grimy
Dank and damp and somewhat slimy
Chipped enamel bathroom basin
Shattered mirror there to chasten
At anyone who stops to stare
At this old house in such despair
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