The House
A lonely, empty house does everything it can to attract new occupants Once upon a time there was a lonely house. It had not always been lonely. The house had become very unmodern after all...
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A lonely, empty house does everything it can to attract new occupants
Once upon a time there was a lonely house. It had not always been lonely. The house had become very unmodern after all the years. On one fine morning the house thought, Why don’t I become modern? After thinking this, the house changed its inside and changed its outside to be more modern.
At dawn, I ran to
the edge of
Olive Border.
All I see is
the field of
flowing gold
and the
morning fog
coming in over
Charlotte’s Hill
like a tidal
wave.
The shrubs
alongside
Gracious Court
sway in the
eye-opening breeze,
pointing to the
horizon.
I waited for what
seemed like
hours. Like
I was waiting
for a fish to
bite the bait in
the middle of a
storm.
It is the year 1826, and Narna dreams of a better life away from her demanding father
“En las cimas de las montañas al norte . . . on the peaks of the mountains to the north . . . crecen flores pequeñas . . . small flowers grow . . . bajo el mismo cielo que nosotros conocemos . . . underneath the very sky we know . . .”
The lullaby was soft and comforting.