In That House Poem by Helen Ivory

In That House



Every floorboard is a tip-off,
every door a squealer,
the telephone has your number.

The people that live there
have sewn buttons to their lips
but to still a heart-beat is harder.

Only the cellar
holds silence like an egg
in a tank of dark water.

Helen Ivory
Saturday, January 10, 2009
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