Tromping in the hall
A tromp tromp tromp out in the hall,
I wondered ghostly was it all.
So I said "come visit me",
That’s all,
Perhaps it’s then I’ll see.
Click click of door it opened wide.
And shut so very quick.
Blue irredescent see through,hide,
my bedside lit by it.
Quite pretty dark headed little sort,
Her mini skirt was very short,
well above the knee.
And when I blinked I was abandoned.
Just the dark night did I see.
More tromp tromp on the carpet,
I Said “Come back to visit me!”
Click click of door again,
Her outline did I see.
But this time she seemed human,
A standing by instead,
I asked “what are you doing”.
Then checked the woman in my bed.
I looked back and she was gone,
My tromping visitor.
So tromping then I asked again,
"Come n talk to me".
Click click rapid door movement,
A loudly said "Ladelle"!
2 weeks later I started work,
The bosses name is spelled?
So I had this person walking in the hall with its thick carpet like she walked on a timber
floor,
She walked 3 paces up turned walked back constantly in this 50 year old house.
Since the woman in my bed moved out no more tromping. Maybe they left together?
I was walking through a street in a center city hub.
My destination was a nearby health club.
I went up to an automated teller to draw some money.
A young woman in worn and dirty clothes came to me.
Until that, it just seemed like an ordinary day.
This rather attractive female had this to say:
“Sir, I am tired and I can use a place to stay.
There are only a few more hours of daylight.
I would like a comfortable place to spend the night.”
Her long blonde hair could have used some shampoo.
Innocence was displayed with her eyes of blue.
This was unexpected, and I did not know what to do.
I responded, “I will see in a couple of hours what I can do.
If you are still around, I may be able to help you.
I am going into the health club across the street.
I hope that I can do something for you when we meet.”
Two or three hours later, this woman was gone.
She may have been helped, or she just moved on.
I wondered what placed her in this situation.
I was hoping she received a good accommodation.
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