for 18 years there have been no curtains
hanging in my house ~ I was against it
there have been no blinds, no shades –
just sheers to diffuse the sunlight
streaming in
but only in a few windows
the trees that once filtered it
have all been stripped from the land
more violently than a thief
ripping the pearls off a debutante
but today the house ~ once bright~
is dark and dim to keep the cool
not the oven it became
when the last trees fell
and I succumbed to curtains
but now depression
I fear
is setting in
what is life if not living among the trees?
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