A Gentle Landing

A Gentle Landing

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A Gentle Landing
A Gentle Landing
The Old House

The Old House

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rose j. percy
May 09, 2022
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A Gentle Landing
A Gentle Landing
The Old House
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The old house

 

We lived in an old house

And I remember

Turning in the rooms 

Where the corners came too soon 

Old house, old stories 

Shaped us for new nightmares

I became my darkest self there

In the peach …

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