The Kelvinator
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Evening has quietly tiptoed away on slippered feet
Houses up and down the street are silhouettes
A garden looks white- washed in moonlight,
And the faint sound of a train whistles through the air
leaving a trail of melancholy longing, resounding in the dark.
A table has been cleared of all traces of dinner, and now is set for breakfast
Doors are locked, and a
screen has been put across the glowing embers.
Two golden Labradors
in deep slumber, are curled in their baskets by the back door
The house settles
as the momentum of a busy day
winds itself down.
A mantel clock is ticking, and the refrigerator hums with a comfortable familiarity
How soothing is the sound of the refrigerator.
Odd, but it's something I never seem to notice during the day
This old white elephant, meant for keeping something cold,
but yet, can conjure up such warm memories?
I was a bit of a thing, sleeping on a tiny cot in my grandmother's parlor...
snuggled tightly against the southern wall, adjacent to the kitchen.......
And the vibration of the squatty little Kelvinator,
could be felt as if it were put there purposely to lull me to sleep...
There would be magic in the moonlight, and a rhythm in the hum,
with a lullaby that shook the floor.....cold nights when I was young
Tonight's moon slowly makes a shadowy passage
through the windows of each room,
as it puts the house to bed...
While my yesterdays are gone for keeps...
and sleep may not be an easy feat
I wish, once more to feel the floor
vibrate like it did before
And watch the moon as it comes
to fill my dreams with golden doors
And hear once more...the soothing hum
Yet, slowly as old songs are done,
tonight becomes tomorrow...
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For Contest: "Tribute To A Major Appliance"
Sponsored by Mary Oliver Rotman
9/14/15
Copyright © Carrie Richards | Year Posted 2015
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