At the shore
the lake house door
opens straight onto the water
Night at noon
with the yellow moon
Now swim swiftly
to the ladder
The entry floor
gray and empty –
Underseleeve, feel winter
as a passage appears
Chandelier
set low in here
step around to
a shadowed hallway
Within this home
all these rooms unknown
Which years are held here?
Which adrift and obscure?
Which have gone?
Tally the years
neglected here,
once so consequential
On display
in these rooms
what remains is only
high potential
The upper floors
a warren of doors
and rooms
Which years are held here?
Which adrift and obscure?
Which absconded?
Unaccounted
and truly gone
Tally the years
neglected here,
once so consequential
On display
in these rooms
what remains is only
high potential
Tally the years
neglected here,
now inconsequential
On display
in these rooms
what remains is only
high potential
On display
in these rooms
what remains is only
high potential
Only high potential
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