Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Hull Street House

An old house on Hull Street

still holds the singing

of my birth,

hidden away

in cracks and crannies

of aging boards

and fresh paint,

where the cries

of agony and anguish,

in the process of my birthing,

lie buried beneath thick layers

of things like Sherwin Williams

or Dutch Girl Paint.

-Joy Stalvey Barefoot


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