Saturday, February 11, 2012

Taxidermal


Hanging in decrepit halls 
with moth-eaten oriental
tapestries. The books in
languid decay, leatherbound
spines sagging.

Home of the elderly
layered in patterned
upholstery. The 
strict wingbacks 
wheezing dust
underneath
the neat
a patriarchal
head

of the moose.
In oaken splendor
the taxidermal air
lie thick on the mantle.

Sleepy-eyed 
in some 
undying wisdom 
it hangs 
in the darkened corner.

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