Ghosts in the Attic
Friday, August 28th, 2009Ghosts in the Attic
by John O’Brien, Jr.
Ghosts in the attic, hidden in a box.
I move aside the history, among Broken Clocks.
Hidden in the bottom, hoping to be missed,
lightly yellowed, where the sun had once kissed,
another box , and another, in another box.
Experimentally open the door, to the past’s pervasive knocks.
Small medals, old letters, as I […]