Thursday, February 18, 2021

precious cottage

In response to: 23 Milbrook Lane

 

precious cottage 

in retrospect it seemed so regular; just a door; swinging on its hinges; beckoning; welcoming; inviting the crossing of its threshold into the merry dark depths beyond; where the truth lurked between letters frantically scratched into its walls; its rooms crowded with undead souls; from whence no one leaves ever unchanged

© Karen Casady 2021

Los Angeles, California 

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