Some Vibes

Pink pearl necklace, a cranberry velvet couch,

           Reading Balzac, Berlioz plays, thunder

                  And lightning. Gray tabby purrs.

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A countryside cabin, rain on its roof, a fire in the fireplace, reading Kawabata. Vermeer’s View of Delft painting, a pewter pitcher of Calvados.

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A room painted Matisse blue, a vintage pine table, a blue fountain pen waits.

                     Reading Hawthorne, a raucous raven peers in, a book of Poe’s poems.

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A little attic space, midnight candlelight, a blue silk robe, reading Yeats,

      And a silver vase of lobelia.

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Giant snowdrifts outside, warmth inside, with a fire in the fireplace, a white mansard mansion,

                          Reading Dickens,

                          A pink organza dress

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A maybe haunted library, an orange velvet wingback chair, reading Sayers …

      An ivory cashmere sweater, Ravel plays on

             Vinyl.

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An ivory silk blouse, black patent leather mary janes, and a black onyx necklace.

                     Reading Flaubert, an antique map of France, scent of sandalwood.

                      A black cat snoozes

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