come with me
to port tennant
see that stone house with the stone steps
the bay window with the net curtains
inside door with cut glass panels
that aspidistra room dark remembered
see the round table with a brocade cloth
purple(ish) shiny(ish) silky poured
and me
there on the table
on by back with legs raised crying
mummy(ish) in childish
see those sliding doors
the ones with opaque glass drawn together
well mam went through there and i am crying
they are saying something at me
but i am crying
she must have come back
but all i remember is the crying
and that haunted aspidistra
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