{"id":1662,"date":"2024-04-12T06:14:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T06:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afflatuscreations.com\/?p=1662"},"modified":"2024-04-12T06:20:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T06:20:11","slug":"old-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afflatuscreations.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/12\/old-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Old House"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1662\" class=\"elementor elementor-1662\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fa8654b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2fa8654b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a5ddd63\" data-id=\"7a5ddd63\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ed459b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ed459b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With the offbeat charm of a<br \/>taxidermized giraffe<br \/>that spins on its own axis in the middle of a sandstorm, unaffected<br \/>by the desert sands that howl<br \/>and flake the skin and so affected<br \/>carried by the winds that spin the house<br \/>on its axis.<br \/>Apetalous,<br \/>a rose stripped of thorn and flower,<br \/>starch paint and stiff glue<br \/>binds creaking joints and thinly covers<br \/>the scent of dust that floats<br \/>from the memory of old couch cushions,<br \/>we breathe desperately<br \/>the scent of a rose garden that used to grow roses.<br \/>this house teeters, off-<br \/>kilter,<br \/>the square placed with care<br \/>on the point of its triangle roof<br \/>buffered hopelessly,<br \/>and the crosses of the windows perch<br \/>unbordered,<br \/>which permit the dweller to ignore<br \/>the raging sands outside.<br \/>Every surface, corner and doorknob resounds<br \/>with lack,<br \/>bedrooms ring with laughter\u2019s aftermath<br \/>speakers pound out the silent beats<br \/>of the 80s pop that used to mingle and tease<br \/>in a complex affair with Saturday sunlight,<br \/>the twitch in the ear of a dead giraffe<br \/>is a trick in the light.<br \/>Blue-light touchscreen brutally mimics<br \/>the familiar click and whir of a cassette in its resting place<br \/>where a sullen mess of ingenuity and tape is<br \/>stirred to life and music;<br \/>a few hesitant notes gaudily decorate the silence.<br \/>Each molecule of air, every fibre of this house<br \/>resounds with lack,<br \/>drifting in aimless absence:<br \/>in the kitchen that clings to the dregs of spices<br \/>and the scent of curry;<\/p>\n<p>the new armchair undented and foreign;<br \/>the windows that filter<br \/>stage lighting<br \/>onto the living room bedizened<br \/>with prop furniture.<br \/>The ungainly visage of a taxidermized giraffe<br \/>frowns down at me, coldly.<br \/>we make small talk,<br \/>nod without understanding,<br \/>And yet we are inclined to agree that<br \/>when the sands stop midair,<br \/>hang for a moment on their own axis,<br \/>or each suspended on a thin strand of string,<br \/>that I must hold on tight to its rigid neck,<br \/>and watch the remnants of another life be picked up,<br \/>dragged into the sandstorm,<br \/>and carried away.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the offbeat charm of ataxidermized giraffethat spins on its own axis in the middle of a sandstorm, unaffectedby the desert sands that howland flake the skin and so affectedcarried by the winds that spin the houseon its axis.Apetalous,a rose stripped of thorn and flower,starch paint and stiff gluebinds creaking joints and thinly coversthe scent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poems"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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