My House is Wonderland in its Absence

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a house late at night with light coming from the windows

S.R. Appelmans

The frame of my childhood bed 
is out on the fields of my childhood home

It glints in the summer moonlight
in outlines that hint at its dated structure

I stand in the empty frame
hoping it will give some comfort

The moon is heavy
There is no comfort

I realize what I thought was moonlight
was light from the empty house

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