Enter the long-abandoned house<\/p>\n
and you might feel an urge<\/p>\n
to run. As if you had invaded<\/p>\n
a sacred space.<\/p>\n
Outer rooms are a disaster of dust and mouse droppings.<\/p>\n
The inner room is like a pyramid of preservation.<\/p>\n
The odor, like decaying cheddar cheese, slaps your nose,<\/p>\n
you remember that mummies had no brains.<\/p>\n
The sight of oak hardback chairs with<\/p>\n
carefully cushioned seat covers,<\/p>\n
each donned with fading sunflowers<\/p>\n
assails your eyes.<\/p>\n
The previous occupant had abandoned a tan, suede satchel<\/p>\n
full of knitting needles, Propped precariously<\/p>\n
on the floor near abandoned wine.<\/p>\n
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