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The House I Grew Up In

The House I Grew Up In

had a hole 
in the hall closet door

father’s fist-size 
with jagged edges
punched 
at mother’s eye level 

unseeing relations hung
winter coats inside
innocents asked:
"what happened here"?

it was part of the decor
like the living room schefflera plant
and the wooden crucifix
above Patricia’s bed

I covered it with a cardboard Santa
for the holidays, still
at night 
I heard its screams

years later, in my garden
I unearthed that hole
and filled it with the roots
of a sedum

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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