Max ah the last two lines!!
Cheers P
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Subject: snap: her old room
Snap: Her Old Room
At her parents' pale yellow brick house,
she said:
'Come upstairs, you'll like
the room I spent my childhood in.
See:
nothing's changed (except the wallpaper) -
I looked out over these trees (smaller),
pouring my young soul into poems and essays.
Here's the sofa bed, designed for this room,
the whole late art deco symphony,
the diamond mirror, the oak veneer panels
still glowing, the curved window glass.'
'No wonder', I said, 'your parents heard
their house would suit that fight-game movie:
the 30s, hard men in fedoras,
the good time girl whose heart is broken.
I read about it ... wish they'd said Yes.
However bad, I'd have enjoyed the movie.'
'Hearts are broken in every decade',
she said, 'this is where one grew.'
Wednesday 3 June 2009
Max Richards
North Balwyn & Doncaster,
Victoria, Australia
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