And the Dust Settles
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For "Gathering Dust" Poetry Contest
Written on 2/26/2015
Peering through her doorway
from the outside, looking in
I see stacks upon stacks
of newspapers, through the
darkened corridors
of her dimly lit home.
And the Dust Settles.
Hazy sunlight filters behind
her, and in between
the shadows of her face
She looks embarrassed.
Having been caught in the act
she is paralyzed by indecision
while she collects, stacks, and saves.
And the Dust Settles.
Papers, like shaky towers
Climb upward toward the ceiling.
Obsessively hoarding, she must
Keep them, or she
might be throwing away
current events, history
even LIFE itself.
And the Dust Settles.
Written on 2/26/2015
Copyright © Laura Leiser | Year Posted 2015
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